FROZEN RIVER (movie)

[abcdefz]

Holy smokes! This one flew completely under my radar.

This is a good, good, good, good, good, good, good good good movie.

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.

[Randetica]

how many goods do you give a 10/10 movie then?

well sounds kinda interesting so ill watch out for it

[abcdefz]

Oh, for a 10/10 movie I actually have this fireworks applet that goes off.

I look over at RottenTomatoes and this only has a 78%, which blows me away. Unless all you can grasp are Michael Bay
movies, I can't imagine someone thinking this is a bad movie.

[Randetica]

Originally Posted by abcdefz

Oh, for a 10/10 movie I actually have this fireworks applet that goes off.

I look over at RottenTomatoes and this only has a 78%, which blows me away. Unless all you can grasp are Michael Bay
movies, I can't imagine someone thinking this is a bad movie.

just a few minutes ago i was quick rating at facebook and this movie came up and i gave it a 'not interested' but after this thread i went back and changed it to 'want to see it' just for you! AND the movie had no high ratings there either

humans..

[abcdefz]

Well, maybe I'm wrong, but I thought it was terrific.

Looks like it';s been scooping up prizes on the indie circuit (Sundance Grand Jury Prize, "Women in Cinema Lena Sharpe Award" [whatever the
fuck that means] at Seattle for the director, etc.). Maybe that's why people hate it.