A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States -- Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.
Tierra fría, Terra Fria, Le vent du nord, 北方风云, En tierra de hombres, L'affaire Josey Aimes, Anisi mahi, Άνιση Μάχη, Kőkemény Minnesota, North Country - Storia di Josey, Daleka północ, North Country - Terra Fria, Северная страна, Tek Basina, Class Action, Untitled Niki Caro Project
I've said it once and I'll say it again - Charlize Theron is an extraordinary actress, and she will be winning trophies for the rest of her acting career.
But this, dear friend, is not her movie.
Oh, don’t get me wrong - “North Country” is a wonderful film, and Theron carries it beautifully. It has a great story, some surprising twists I didn’t see coming, and some very strong supportive work by the great Frances McDormand and Sean Bean, among others.
So, no, it’s doesn’t belong to Theron, or the great Frances, or the screenwriters.
It belongs to Richard Jenkins, the venerable character actor who appeared in 70 movies and TV shows over the last 20 years. Here, he’s given his juiciest movie role to date, and he runs away with it. Someone, for the love of all things cinematical, give this man an Oscar.
A semi-fictionalized account of a long legal battle of group of women miners who endured a hostile work environment and numerous and continuous insults and unwanted touching when they became the first women to go work at the Eveleth Mines in Minnesota.
North Country is the type of movie that can be emotionally draining, not in the same fashion of Grave of the fireflies or other movies that are hard to watch because they are depressing, but in that it makes you, at least in my case, angry and thats what it wants to do. The movie shows you people not only taking part but also, in more than one way, defending behaviors and mentalities that are not only disgusting…
pigs* finally being exposed by women who are done taking their shit......*chef's kiss*
*no offense to actual animal pigs....y'all are cute and innocent and ily.
North Country is inspired by the life of Lois Jenson, who was just one of the minority female workforce at the strip mines of the Mesabi Iron Range, and who made American history when she filed the first class action lawsuit for sexual harassment.
For the film, Jenson becomes Josie Aimes, played superbly by Charlize Theron. I don't think enough is made of Theron's talents. She's a very attractive woman who never relies on her looks, preferring instead to tackle powerful dramas and unglamourous characters than the frothy romcoms her similarly photogenic contemporaries prefer to paddle around in. The time will come when Theron is spoken of in the same way that Meryl Streep is currently revered, which is kind…
I was trying to remember why I didn’t like this film the first time.
Then I remembered. The last third the tone shifts when the perspective shifts to men’s and only then is her story taken seriously. Her voice gets lost, her fight gets taken over, she only wins because men’s voices unfortunately mean more to men than women's. Now that could be a powerful theme to recognise and make us hurl. But the film plays it as a triumph when the men around her forgive her and see her as a human being. It ruins this film, and takes her power away.
i love charlize theron so much. she's an extraordinary actress, amazing, beautiful, talented and she has saved my life AGAIN. also FRANCES MCDORMAND!!!!!! SPEECHLESS
First off, I really liked ‘North Country’, but if I want to write an honest review I can’t really fail to mention that it has a dramatic climax that is quite schmaltzy and in which things gradually stop being believable, even despite the knowledge of its being based on real events. This is particularly annoying because the main part of the film is so well handled. Yes, it’s quite predictable and ticks all the right boxes in quite a broad way, but it’s actually surprisingly nuanced despite this and there’s a notable absence of grandstanding or sensationalism. It has an important story to tell, which in the wrong hands may have felt trivial, and tells it with passion and sincerity…
Lady you are set here in your nice house, Clean the floor with water bottle and flowers on valentines day, and you think you tough.
Where is my shoes, tell me you tough.
Charlize Theron baby she did it again, that’s what she does, she’s the queen of this, She can play any role and embody it with the best possible performance.
فيلم رائع واداء معتاد من المفضلة بالنسبة لي تشارليز ثيرون ♥️🖤الفيلم خلاك تتعاطف مع النساء وتهجم الرجال عليهم باسوء الاشكال وراني معاناتهم وكيف انهم باي طريقة يبغو يحاولو يكسبو الفلوس عشان عائلتهم شي محزن 💔💔.
فيلم قدم لنا نص رائع موسيقى اجمل واداء جميل من الكاست كامل، فرانسيس ابدعت جيرمي ابدع وودي هاريلسون ابدع شون ابدع الاب ريتشارد اعطانا مشهد جميل جدا، فيلم برايي كمجمل قدم اشياء ما توقعتها للامانة جميل 🙏🏼♥️.
Der bis in die hinterste Kleinstrolle phänomenal besetzte und gespielte Film fährt in den ersten 3 Vierteln auf der üblichen Oscar-Bait Schiene, was das wichtige Thema nicht schmälert, aber auf höchstem Niveau konventionell bleibt. Dann hält Richard Jenkins eine flammende Rede und Frances McDormand tritt vor Gericht auf und ich hab zweimal fast geheult. Ja, das ist sentimental. Und ? Was ist falsch daran, wenn das diese beiden Schauspiel-Giganten mit kurzen, prägnanten Auftritten schaffen ?
This. Is a great movie (far from perfect but still great). It's based on a real story, and it made me so angry i'm honestly drained. It shows exactly what women had and still have to put up with to simply live their lives. It shows why feminism is important and why most men aren't worth it. There are so many strong women out there who suffers with the exact same thing (there are so many strong women out there who suffers with worse things). So many voices unheard, so many figures going unnoticed. So many women being unnapreciated and crying in silence. Society is cruel... we conquered so many great things but we can't close our eyes and pretend…
while it sometimes lacks subtlety and does not push against the more formulaic aspects of the film (both narratively and visually), North Country benefits from empathetic direction, a solid ensemble, and above all, focusing fiercely on telling the stories of women like Josey who have (and continue to this day) experience sexual harassment in their workplaces.
I was trying to remember why I didn’t like this film the first time.
Then I remembered. The last third the tone shifts when the perspective shifts to men’s and only then is her story taken seriously. Her voice gets lost, her fight gets taken over, she only wins because men’s voices unfortunately mean more to men than women's. Now that could be a powerful theme to recognise and make us hurl. But the film plays it as a triumph when the men around her forgive her and see her as a human being. It ruins this film, and takes her power away.
probably would have been more solid if it hadnt stunted its own honesty at the end to be like "and then sexual harassment ended forever"
#32 oscar performances 2000s
FUCK i love charlize theron, everything she does is *chefs kiss*, the ice rink and car park scenes are banging
this is so sad tho, probably one of the most infuriating films i’ve watched and judging by the way things are today, nothing has changed
It’s an honest and important reflection on fear and how it feeds on our silence. Niki Caro does an amazing job directing it and it has a powerful cast but do not expect an amazing script because you won’t get it. It’s ok.
*Charlize was teasing her Oscar with this movie! 👏🏻
Charlize Theron, Amber Heard, Frances McDormand, Sean Bean, Woody Harrelson, Jeremy Renner...Auflauf der Superstars in diesem Film.
Wie der Titel schon suggeriert ist in diesem Film eine unglaubliche Kälte enthalten. Die Kamera und die Umgebung unterstützen das stark.
Der Krieg der hier ausgetragen wird ist: Männer gegen Frauen. Manchmal ist mir das schon zu plakativ. Es ist aber immer herausragend gespielt.
Vom Schluss habe ich mir dann aber doch noch mehr erhofft.
Der bis in die hinterste Kleinstrolle phänomenal besetzte und gespielte Film fährt in den ersten 3 Vierteln auf der üblichen Oscar-Bait Schiene, was das wichtige Thema nicht schmälert, aber auf höchstem Niveau konventionell bleibt. Dann hält Richard Jenkins eine flammende Rede und Frances McDormand tritt vor Gericht auf und ich hab zweimal fast geheult. Ja, das ist sentimental. Und ? Was ist falsch daran, wenn das diese beiden Schauspiel-Giganten mit kurzen, prägnanten Auftritten schaffen ?
North Country is hard to watch. The harrassment, the way nearly nobody is willing to help or at least treat Josey respectfully and how not even her family js always by her side.
Theron's performance deserves the Oscar nomination and she's backed up by a number of strong performances with McDormand and Jenkins being most notable.
While the dreadful part of the movie is very well made, the case itself and the parts that are not connected to the mine feel fake and rushed. As a consequence North Country doesn't find a worthy ending. A few smiles and an explanatory title card after the final scenes don't suffice for such an important topic.
Amazing story 👍.
Story deserve to be told.
What a great cast , I mean you have 7 or 8 amazing stars every scene is worth it . Frances is brilliant as always.
I loved it.
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