A modern Western that tells the story of two sisters, Ollie and Deb, who are driven to work outside the law to better their lives. For years, Ollie has illicitly helped the struggling residents of her North Dakota oil boomtown access Canadian health care and medication. When the authorities catch on, she plans to abandon her crusade, only to be dragged in even deeper after a desperate plea for help from her sister.... (Full plot summary below)
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A modern Western that tells the story of two sisters, Ollie and Deb, who are driven to work outside the law to better their lives. For years, Ollie has illicitly helped the struggling residents of her North Dakota oil boomtown access Canadian health care and medication. When the authorities catch on, she plans to abandon her crusade, only to be dragged in even deeper after a desperate plea for help from her sister.
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| SlashfilmHoai-Tran BuiLittle Woods is a bleak, powerful portrait of middle America that never veers on cloying, and handles difficult current-day issues like opioid abuse and abortion with grace. |
| Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesA thriller wants to entertain you. Little Woods wants you to think, and feel. I did both. |
| ObserverOliver JonesThis is not simply one of the finest films to explore the unique challenges that beset women in rural parts of the country where men outnumber them two-to-one. It is also one of the only to illustrate the devastating social impact of the war against women and their reproductive rights that has been waged by statehouses across the nation. |
| Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeLess relentlessly bleak than Winter's Bone, which along with Frozen River is an obvious inspiration here, the life-on-the-margins drama makes a fine, tense vehicle for Tessa Thompson, who in the last few years has stood out in a variety of genres. |
| Screen InternationalDavid D'ArcyNia DaCosta’s heartland tale, rough around some edges, is a promising feature debut. |
| FlavorwireJason BaileyDaCosta directs in a modest, slice-of-life style, which only heightens the tension of events on screen - this is the kind of movie you lean forward to hear, and before you know it, you're overwhelmed. |
| Film InquiryDavid FontanaDaCosta's film is hauntingly nostalgic for a world gone by. |
| New York ObserverBrandon KatzLittle Woods is very personal and very touching, and it makes a compelling argument as to why good people do bad things, a tried-and-true motif that has become a staple of the new westerns emerging today. |
| Moveable FestStephen SaitoDaCosta's meticulous work in laying out a socially conscious scenario in such a wildly entertaining way shines through. |
| Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternThis startlingly accomplished debut feature by Nia DaCosta has the eyes and ears of a documentary — the opioid crisis is everywhere, the nearest hospital is far away — but the heart of a drama, and a stirring one. |
