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Overview

User Rating:
7.3/10   8,587 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Courtney Hunt (written by)
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Release Date:
31 October 2008 (Venezuela) more
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Tagline:
Desperation knows no borders.
Plot:
Takes place in the days before Christmas near a little-known border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State and Quebec... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 24 wins & 14 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(329 articles)
'Everybody's Fine' Too Cloying to Feel Authentic
 (From CinemaSpy. 3 December 2009, 9:40 PM, PST)

'Up in the Air' Is Champion of 2009 National Board of Review
 (From Aceshowbiz. 3 December 2009, 7:55 PM, PST)

User Comments:
Dirty And Sleazy But Reality more (71 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Melissa Leo ... Ray Eddy
Misty Upham ... Lila Littlewolf

Charlie McDermott ... Troy J. 'T.J.' Eddy

Michael O'Keefe ... Trooper Finnerty
Mark Boone Junior ... Jacques Bruno

James Reilly ... Ricky Eddy

Jay Klaitz ... Guy Versailles
John Canoe ... Bernie Littlewolf
Dylan Carusona ... Jimmy
Michael Sky ... Billy Three Rivers

Gargi Shinde ... Pakistani Mother

Rajesh Bose ... Pakistani Father
Azin Jahanbakhsh ... Pakistani Dealer
Jack Phillips ... Pakistani Baby
James Phillips ... Pakistani Baby
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for some language.
Runtime:
97 min
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1.78 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Charlie McDermott and James Reilly, who play brothers, are, in actual life, cousins. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: In Québec there are no license plates on the front of vehicles. However, there is a front Québec license plate mounted on the Toyota Forerunner driven in the second smuggling. more
Quotes:
Ray Eddy: I think we need to talk about this Troy... come on out. Troy?
[shoots gun]
Ray Eddy: ... I mean it Honey.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "At the Movies: (#6.2)" (2009) more

FAQ

How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
What did Lila mean when she told her little boy to say goodbye to his "tota"?
What was in the back seat of Ray's car when she found it in the parking lot at the beginning of the movie?
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30 out of 48 people found the following comment useful.
Dirty And Sleazy But Reality, 30 January 2009
7/10
Author: alexkolokotronis from Queens, New York

Frozen River never even gets close to something of a positive tone. The movie is about a mother of two having her husband abandon them on 10 days before Christmas. To make matters worse the family is in dire straits needing money. As a result Melissa Leo, who plays the mother, begins to smuggle illegal immigrants across the border to make money.

Melissa Leo's performance in this movie is very good but hard to watch. The movie is tough and shows poverty in American and in Indian reservations continuously. Her performance showed the desperation of a single mother and the price she will pay to get what she needs.

The writing and directing of the movie was executed very well but I couldn't help but just have a bad feeling after the movie. I'm fine with negative movie but there seemed to be almost no hope for anyone in this film. Some stretches were of the film were dragging on but still a good film. If your in the mood watch this movie.

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