Rent North Country (2005)
3.7 of 5 from 107 ratings
2h 1min
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- Synopsis:
When Josey Aimes returns to her hometown in Northern Minnesota after a failed marriage, she needs a good job. A single mother with two children to support, she turns to the predominant source of employment in the region - the iron mines. It's an industry long dominated by men, in a place unaccustomed to change. She is prepared for the back-breaking and often dangerous work, but coping with the harassment she and the other female miners encounter from their male co-workers proves far more challenging. Based on the true story of the first sexual harassment lawsuit in the US. Frances McDormand, Sissy Spacek, Woody Harrelson and Sean Bean co-star in this emotionally explosive true story. All she wanted was to make a living. Instead she made history. - Actors:
- Charlize Theron, Jeremy Renner, Frances McDormand, Thomas Curtis, Elle Peterson, Sean Bean, Woody Harrelson, Richard Jenkins, Sissy Spacek, James Cada, Rusty Schwimmer, Linda Emond, Michelle Monaghan, Brad William Henke, Jillian Armenante, Amber Heard, John Aylward, Xander Berkeley, Corey Stoll, Cole Williams
- Directors:
- Niki Caro
- Writers:
- Michael Seitzman, Clara Bingham
- Others:
- Rachel Weisz
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Drama
- Collections:
- BAFTA Nominations Competition 2024, Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Frances McDormand, Oscar's Two-Time Club
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Reviews (4) of North Country
one pit too far... - North Country review by CP Customer
this is a great david and gloiath style film about one womans fight to end sex discrimination in her workplace. although dated in its preceived views it really does hit the mark. there are underlying disturbing violent and biggoted undertones. some of the things you see are mind boggling. glad i dont work in the mining industry.....
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Decent film with the occasional credibility gap. - North Country review by TE
Good, straightforward depiction of rampant sexism in Trump country (30+ years on from the original events things are returning to the bad old days).
The let down comes in the final court scenes. It's simply unbelievable that the main aggressor could break down so easily when taunted by the Woody Harrelson lawyer character. Otherwise it's a good story with its heart in the right place.
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Great emotional performance from Charlize Theron - North Country review by PT
Charlize Theron plays Josie Aims, a struggling single mother who takes a job in the mines, as it is well paid and she wants to provide for her family. Of course, many of the chauvinist male workers at the mine deem the jobs as male work and believe the women are taking men's jobs, and as such give the female workers a horrific time.
Josie has the guts to take on this super prejudiced industry.
Theron is superb as the very feminine, yet simultaneously gutsy employee. Battling not just the plant but her estranged parents and son also. A Stella performance which is genuinely moving and thoroughly deserving of Charlize Theron's first Oscar nomination.
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