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Frozen River

2008 · 97 min

A cold, quietly gripping story of hardscrabble desperation, where every small choice carries moral weight and the frozen landscape presses in on you.

Tagline
Desperation Knows No Borders
Overview
A financially strapped mother joins a Mohawk woman to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States.

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • class
  • family
  • crime
  • isolation
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, crime
Directed by
Courtney Hunt
Written by
Courtney Hunt
Starring
Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott, John Canoe, Jay Klaitz, Dylan Carusona, James Reilly, Michael O'Keefe
Music
Peter Golub, Shahzad Ismaily
Cinematography
Reed Morano
Runtime
97 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, French, Urdu, Mandarin

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