Frozen River

Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: August 1, 2008

7.9	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 81 Ratings

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JonahR.Feb 15, 2009

Amatuerish and fake. It has one or two decent performances but nothing to get excited about. A movie about a woman who made many poor choices and yet we're suppose to become emotionally involved over her plight to earn her trailer house Amatuerish and fake. It has one or two decent performances but nothing to get excited about. A movie about a woman who made many poor choices and yet we're suppose to become emotionally involved over her plight to earn her trailer house via illegal means. The ending rang false and there were many times I found myself rolling my eyes at the stupidity of the screenplay. I.E. Lila's eyesight was so poor that she couldn't count the money they earned...yet she can see tracks in the snow on a dark night on a frozen river.… Expand

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MurielG.Mar 1, 2009

I live on the reservation depicted. Not only were some scenes too dark - many facts are left out and the reality of Akwesasne here is again stereotyped. The only true pictures of here were the bridge - The movie mocks our tribal police, puts I live on the reservation depicted. Not only were some scenes too dark - many facts are left out and the reality of Akwesasne here is again stereotyped. The only true pictures of here were the bridge - The movie mocks our tribal police, puts us all in rundown trailers, and made our Bingo Palace (which is eluded to by name in one scene) look rundown and the center of vandalism. And , of course the Mohawks are depicted as not caring about terrorist threats when they are smuggling people - "Only" the white woman in this film shows any concern or recognition of such threats - yet she is so stupid she throws a baby in a satchel out the door in case it may be something dangerous like(anthrax? or a bomb) she never looked to see what was in it. Another thing I have yet to see a big rig cross the "ice bridge" here. Parts of the film did hold my interest, the mention of our traditional Longhouse only puts traditionals down for not giving their children Santa Claus. What they are and what they truly represent, which is (I am sure) the key to continuation of life on this planet is a shame - so many people seeing this film have and will think what they saw represents this Nation (the Mohawk Nation). It never tells of all of the good honest & hard working people that live here nor how it was taken from our ancestors forcing a very few of our people to take some wrong actions. That would be a better focus for the movie. Unfortunately, the racism that we experience, does exist. The wrongs done to our people were done by the same terrorists they fear (themselves) when they took over our continent - do a film depicting that! ONe of your reviewers even sees this movie as the Mohawk woman and the white woman as correcting the past??? HUH??? How may I ask.… Expand

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NerijusDMar 21, 2009

Lame movie. Very poor direction, cinematography and supporting cast. The script has many holes as well. Some felt even ridiculous.

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SMApr 16, 2009

This movie was pretty boring. The story was OK, but the acting and directing was really weak. I cannot accept such a high user rating.

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BroyaxJun 26, 2018

Dans Frozen river, on est dans du Zola et du Hugo à l'américaine et le misérabilisme plein pot, un plein jour de soldes. Ici, c'est la grande braderie de la misère sociale, même qu'ils auraient pu l'appeler "Les Misérables en hiver" qui fontDans Frozen river, on est dans du Zola et du Hugo à l'américaine et le misérabilisme plein pot, un plein jour de soldes. Ici, c'est la grande braderie de la misère sociale, même qu'ils auraient pu l'appeler "Les Misérables en hiver" qui font passer des migrants pour boucler les fins de mois...

Ici, les miséreux ont tous une sale gueule et une vilaine peau, y compris leurs mômes... faut dire que manger du pop-corn et boire du jeu d'orange (il est surgelé je présume), ça ne rend pas jouasse. En plus de ça, de tout ça, le film insiste pour mettre les minorités visibles en avant et montrer le flic comme un SS ressorti d'outre-tombe. Et en plus, vous voyez, le flic est implicitement raciste, oui raciste envers les Amérindiens et leur pauvre réserve.

Et puis, l'hiver est rude, un jour il fait -20, un autre -28... et tout le monde est méchant avec les pauvres, personne ne veut leur faire crédit... mais ça, c'est peut-être parce qu'ils n'ont jamais un rond, ces sales pauvres ! vous vous rendez compte, obligés de faire les passeurs pour acheter à manger ! les passeuses plutôt avec la squaw dont l'enfant lui a été enlevé et l'autre toute seule avec son ado et son petit parce que le mari est allé jouer le maigre argent du ménage...

Mais c'est trop horrible. Vraiment trop horrible de montrer ça pendant un film entier parce que moi spectateur de base, j'en ai rien à branler de ces maudits pauvres qui se les gèlent près de la frontière canadienne. Car comme dirait un certain, ça m'en touche une sans faire bouger l'autre. Faites un documentaire, la prochaine fois.… Expand

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