Frozen River is the story of a dysfunctional family that is barely making ends meet in a broken down mobile home in a hardscrabble town on New York’s border with Canada.
At first you wonder if you really want to tag along with this hard luck story. But in short order Melissa Leo goes off searching for her gambling addicted husband and ends up in an unlikely partnership with a Native American. In the process you are drawn into a life of car thieving & immigrant smuggling
Melissa Leo is unforgettable as the mom whose drive for a double wide mobile home is second only to Captain Ahab.
Misty Upham gets under your skin as a totally unemployable Native American who is forbidden to see her own child, because of her criminal lifestyle.
Charlie McDermott is impressive as he dons the skin of the older brother who copes with his daily existence through liberal doses of adolescent sarcasm.
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