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Only a Few More Smuggling Days Left Before Christmas? It’s Not a Wonderful Life

Venturing deep into the trenches where hard-working Americans struggle to put food on the table, Courtney Hunt’s somber film “Frozen River” evokes a perfect storm of present-day woes: illegal immigration, ethnic tension, depressed real estate, high gas prices and dire poverty.
The film’s setting, in upstate New York at the Canadian border, is a gray wintry landscape of mud and slush dotted with trailers and discount stores. Although it is days before Christmas, there is no joy here, and as the movie goes along, its chill begins to seep into your bones. [...]

di Stephen Holden, articolo completo (4467 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 1 Agosto 2008