It's the Weekend--See FROZEN RIVER

[Naomi Hirahara]

This summer I've seen a lot of movies on the big screen. THE DARK KNIGHT, MAMMA MIA, THE VISITOR, TELL NO ONE, to name a few. But I have to say FROZEN RIVER, an independent film, was the best one out of the bunch.

It's a crime film, noirish at times. The characters are amazing (when is the last time you've seen a worn-out, impoverished fiftysomething woman play the lead of a crime movie?) and the twists of the plot are magnificent. You can't predict anything in this movie. If it's playing in your neighborhood, go see it.

[Patricia Abbott]

I am dying to see this. I have liked Melissa Leo since HOMICIDE. She has been a seriously underused actor. Also liked the ones you mentioned above. But there has been no break out film for me. But maybe this...

[Naomi Hirahara]

HOMICIDE, of course. See this movie as soon as you can before the hype overwhelms it!

[Julie Lomoe]

I saw FROZEN RIVER last night and I agree it's excellent. Melissa Leo plays the lead character, a mother of two boys whose gambling-addicted husband went AWOL after she shot him in the foot - he'd gambled away the down payment for a double-wide trailer. She gets embroiled in a smuggling scheme, ferrying illegal immigrants across the frozen St. Lawrence river on the U.S./Canadian border. It was filmed entirely in upstate New York, and I loved the fact that none of the actors were Hollywood-gorgeous.