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08-17-2008, 04:49 PM
Holy smokes! This one flew completely under my radar.
This is a good, good, good, good, good, good, good good good movie. (y)
Upstate New York. A woman and her two sons (five and fifteen) live in a trailer. The dad has split, probably off on a gambling spree.
They've got a double-wide being delivered and she needs to come up with the balloon payment and she just doesn't have it. Works a
crappy, low-paying job. The rent-to-own company is ready to come and grab the TV if she doesn't make that payment. Etc.
She's got to come up with the money, and that's where things kick in. Don't spoil it for yourself knowing much more than this: the way
things happen are surprising like real life; it's got a plot, but doesn't feel plotted like most movies do. The acting is fantastic.
Talk about a struggling family. Holy crap. The way the older brother cares for his younger brother is really touching, and the way the
teenager romanticizes his absent father and digs at his mom from time to time, resentfully reminding her of the situation she's all-too
painfully aware of, is fantastic. This is a really naturalistic movie, so what You Can Count On Me was to comedy, Frozen River
is to thriller. (Well... sort of a thriller. Almost noirish.)
Anyway. This movie is a pretty big deal. If it plays near you, go see it, and I think you'll be pleased.
9/10.
This is a good, good, good, good, good, good, good good good movie. (y)
Upstate New York. A woman and her two sons (five and fifteen) live in a trailer. The dad has split, probably off on a gambling spree.
They've got a double-wide being delivered and she needs to come up with the balloon payment and she just doesn't have it. Works a
crappy, low-paying job. The rent-to-own company is ready to come and grab the TV if she doesn't make that payment. Etc.
She's got to come up with the money, and that's where things kick in. Don't spoil it for yourself knowing much more than this: the way
things happen are surprising like real life; it's got a plot, but doesn't feel plotted like most movies do. The acting is fantastic.
Talk about a struggling family. Holy crap. The way the older brother cares for his younger brother is really touching, and the way the
teenager romanticizes his absent father and digs at his mom from time to time, resentfully reminding her of the situation she's all-too
painfully aware of, is fantastic. This is a really naturalistic movie, so what You Can Count On Me was to comedy, Frozen River
is to thriller. (Well... sort of a thriller. Almost noirish.)
Anyway. This movie is a pretty big deal. If it plays near you, go see it, and I think you'll be pleased.
9/10.