You know how sometimes, a ‘dream team’ will be put together for a major international sporting event? And even though the squad looks fantastic on paper, and should by all rights crush the competition, they never quite gel? That’s sort of how I felt about North Country, whose cast and crew have a heap of Oscars and Oscar nominations between them. They were obviously shooting for the hard-hitting, historical award-winning drama here, but it didn’t quite come together that way.
That being said, the grit and grimness of the mine came through strongly, as did the bleakness of northern Minnesota in winter. I thought Woody Harrelson’s vaguely troubled, insecure lawyer/hockey star was well done. And the accents – gotta love ‘em.
by Eva Holland | Source: Warner Brothers DVD
20 May 2008 11:33 PM | Submit Comment
