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Frozen River (2008)

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Movie Info


Genre

Drama

Release Date

August 01, 2008 (Limited)

MPAA Rating

R

Duration

97 min.

Production Budget

$0.5 millions

Studio

Sony Pictures Classics

Official Site

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Cast and Crew


Director

Courtney Hunt

Producer

Chip Hourihan, Heather Rae

Screenwriter

Courtney Hunt

Starring

  • Melissa Leo
  • Misty Upham
  • Charlie McDermott
  • Mark Boone Junior
  • Michael O'Keefe
  • Jay Klaitz
  • Dylan Carusona
  • Michael Sky

Movie Story


"Frozen River" is the story of Ray Eddy, an upstate New York trailer mom who is lured into the world of illegal immigrant smuggling when she meets a Mohawk girl who lives on a reservation that straddles the US-Canadian border. Broke after her husband takes off with the down payment for their new doublewide, Ray reluctantly teams up with Lila, a smuggler, and the two begin making runs across the frozen St. Lawrence River carrying illegal Chinese and Pakistani immigrants in the trunk of Ray's Dodge Spirit.

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MOVIE REVIEWS BY CRITICS

“..strikingly authentic, socially conscious..”
by Ken Fox [TV Guide]
“..the deserved winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance..”
by Kenneth Turan [LA Times]
“..super-serious and downbeat..”
by Rafer Guzman [Newsday]