Frozen River (2008)
Written and directed
by Courtney Hunt this independent film stars Melissa Leo and Misty
Upham. A poor mother with two kids to raise struggles with money and
gets involved helping a Native American woman smuggle people across
the border.
Winter in Upstate New
York provides a great scenic back drop for this low budget film with
it's snow and below freezing temperatures. The plot of the film is
fairly simple and is supposed to reflect the theme of motherhood as
common across cultures which again seems fairly simplistic. One thing
I did not like about the film was the tendency towards wobbly camera
work for no god reason.
3/5
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