Takes place in the days before Christmas near a little-known border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State and Quebec. Here, the lure of fast money from smuggling presents a daily challenge to single moms who would otherwise be earning minimum wage. Two women - one white, one Mohawk, both single mothers faced with desperate circumstances - are drawn into the world of border smuggling across the frozen water of the St. Lawrence River. Ray and Lila - and a Ne... (Full plot summary below)
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Takes place in the days before Christmas near a little-known border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State and Quebec. Here, the lure of fast money from smuggling presents a daily challenge to single moms who would otherwise be earning minimum wage. Two women - one white, one Mohawk, both single mothers faced with desperate circumstances - are drawn into the world of border smuggling across the frozen water of the St. Lawrence River. Ray and Lila - and a New York State Trooper as opponent in an evolving cat-and-mouse game.
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| Houston ChronicleAmy BiancolliIt moves and it heals, finding hints of redemption in the jagged face of life. |
| Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyThere is nothing sentimental or picturesque about the performances or imagery. The word that best describes both is elemental. |
| Apollo GuideBrian WebsterWhile it's no crowd-pleaser, Frozen River is powerfully honest stripped-down filmmaking. |
| PopMattersChris BarsantiJust when you start worrying about the state of American movies ... along comes something as vital and jolting as Frozen River. |
| Orlando SentinelRoger MooreCourtney Hunt's Frozen River is the first great film of the fall. It has great actors playing vivid characters in a setting that makes for a clash of cultures. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertSometimes two performances come along that are so perfectly matched that no overt signals are needed to show how the characters feel about each other. That's what happens between Melissa Leo and Misty Upham in Frozen River. |
| TimeRichard SchickelIn the end, you feel that Frozen River gives about as truthful a picture of American bleakness as it's possible for a movie to present. It is a movie that asks something of an audience, but it richly rewards our curiously rapt attention. |
| Sly FoxKam WilliamsA gritty, super-realistic, female empowerment flick most memorable for Melissa Leo's spellbinding, Oscar-nominated performance. |
| Film ThreatDon R. LewisIt's tough and cold and gives an inside look at poverty in America. Yet the film is also incredibly compelling and intense and I can't think of another film that's this small and powerful. |
| ViewLondonMatthew TurnerFrozen River is a superbly written, genuinely moving drama with an unmissable central performance from Melissa Leo. Highly recommended and one of the best films of the year. |
