Kick-Back Friday: #74

By bmartin on July 10, 2009 2:20 PM |

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Winner of Best US Drama at last year's Sundance, Frozen River (2008) is writer-director Courtney Hunt's very realistic feature debut about human trafficking along the New York-Canadian border. The movie's highly authentic feel begins with the amazing Melissa Leo, playing a desperate mom who merely wants her double-wide. There is absolutely no sense that Leo, who was nominated for an Academy Award last year, is the usual Hollywood glamourpuss-turned-frump for the sake of an Oscar bid. Not a trace of Botox, chemical peeling, or Restylane. Praise Jesus.

The supporting cast, including Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott, and Michael O'Keefe, is also beyond reproach.

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