2008 · drama · crime
Frozen River
Directed by Courtney Hunt1h 37m2008
After her husband deserts her, working-class mother Ray Eddy is in great need of money to find a home. Lured by the possibility of easy cash, she joins Lila, a widowed Mohawk who earns a living by smuggling immigrants from Canada to the U.S. across the St. Lawrence.
Our read: Frozen River (2008) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured drama / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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