5/5 Frozen River
  by Matti Kniva Spencer
Excellent movie with powerful performances by the entire cast. It takes place in Alaska and deals with real situations people are faced with in life... poverty, trying to advance in life, kids, nature, people of other races, etc... Worth buying and watching more than once.

5/5 Best movie of 2009
  by EugeSchu (WI USA)
Strong and creative drama with a complex storyline, creative and quirky characters, comic, sentimental; a beautifully woven story that doesn't waste a second of screen time. Doesn't come off as pretentious, arrogant, or reaching at profundity. A fantastic screenplay that's as simply universal as it is personal and variegated.
Too bad movies like this are so hard to find. A treasure. Buy a copy and donate it to your local library.

5/5 Desperate Times
  by G. E. Williams (California)
My sweetheart and I are usually so beat after a weeks work that our "Date Night" usually breaks down to holding hands while we put on a DVD. While I like a lot of different kinds of movies, my wife expects me to find amazing nuggets that she will like, that aren't sci-fi etc. Sometimes I get lucky.

I was perusing the idie films, and saw "Frozen River", and thought this might be another one. It is.

It is the moving story of two women who are without their husbands for very different reasons, fighting for their families in a world with few possibilities.

This like (another recent big budget film) "Changeling" is not sexy or entertaining, just a well acted moving story that will stick with you.

If you are looking for a moving drama the Indie movie "Frozen River" is just the ticket.

5/5 A Sundance Winner, a Fine Movie
  by Marilyn Cobert (Knoxville, TN United States)
We found this DVD in the cheapie pile at Walmart and were attracted by its Sundance prize and its locale-an area where we once worked after college. We were very impressed by the film. It captured the despair of a mother trying to raise two sons after her husband gambled away the family's small savings and abandoned them. Add to that an Indian woman in trouble with her tribe and her in-laws who have her baby. The story of the two women and their attempt to solve their problems in any way they can has the ring of gritty reality. It was a real treat in these days of blood and guts, sci-fi, and cartoonish adventures.

4/5 review of FROZEN RIVER DVD.
  by Mr. P. De-valmency (CLACTON, ESSEX)
THIS WAS QUITE A GOOD LITTLE FILM, NOT WHAT I WAS EXPECTING. IT HELD US ALL THE WAY THROUGH FROM START TO FINISH, UNLIKE SOME OF THE BUM NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE WATCHED RECENTLY. IT WAS ACTION ALL THE WAY WITH SOME SAD BITS, BUT OVERALL WAS VERY GOOD AND CAN HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.