BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Filipe Neto This film addresses the first case of success in which a group of female workers won the firm in court in a class action of harassment and sexual discrimination. Everything happens in the mines of Minnesota but, over a real case, director Niki Caro and screenwriter Michael Seitzman decided to create a deeply melodramatic story centered on the figure of a young woman, mother of two children from different parents and with a past marred by rape and a bad marriage. She becomes the main target of the jokes, obscene gestures and provocations of the miners, who feel that women are stealing jobs from men. The story is very emotional but works well anyway. An interesting point is that, even when things are tense, the two sides are not defined by their sex, that is, even in those moments there are women who are not in favor of complaining, just as there are men who don't approve of the rude and coarse attitudes of their fellows. This allows the public to understand that the issue is not men vs. women, goes far beyond mere sexism.Charlize Theron is a good actress but seems visually too young for the character sometimes. Anyway, she managed to shine. Richard Jenkins has been OK but acts in a predictable way. Frances McDormand did very well, especially in the final half of the movie, where she really shows talent. Jeremy Renner manages to be truly despicable as the villain. Technically regular, it's a good movie and it deserves to be watched.

KissEnglishPasto ..........................................................from Pasto,Colombia...Via: L.A. CA., CALI, COLOMBIA...and ORLANDO, FL North Country is stark proof that truth is stranger than fiction. The Director, New-Zealander Niki Caro (Whale Rider), perhaps a very apt directorial choice, being a woman, yet at the same time, precisely not being American! In the mines of Minnesota in 1989, only 3% of the workers are women. There is a whole confluence of constantly orchestrated pressure applied against all female miners intended to get them to resign.Charlize Theron (Who won the Oscar for best actress in MONSTER in the role of the only female serial-killer in U.S. history, Florida's Aileen Wuornos) as expected, is absolutely magnificent as Josey Aimes, a woman whose only motivation is wanting to provide a better life for her two children. The fight is quite a tough one for Josey. At first, everyone seems clearly to be set against her. Neither her friends, nor his parents, not even her own children give her their support! But Josey is a very stubborn human being who does not permit anything or anyone to discourage her. Gradually, her unshakable character, her unparalleled courage and the enormity of the injustice committed against her finally begin working in her favor.North Country at times does exhibit some rather lethargic moments, but the cast and the quality of the story are so outstanding that is easy to overlook this minor flaw. Frances McDormand (1996 Oscar winner for FARGO) also shines in the multifaceted role of best friend; coworker, representing women's interests among union workers and victim of one of the worst evils occasionally affecting mine workers: Lung Cancer! Woody Harrelson (Natural Born Killers) is convincing as the ex-football player town hero turned lawyer who takes on Josey's case. Sissy Spacek (Carrie: original version) as the dutiful Mom and Richard Jenkins (Six Feet Under) as the skeptical dad.Almost everyone who works or has worked recently in the United States knows that the problem of sexual harassment in the workplace is something that is taken extremely seriously. This is thanks, in large part, to Josey Aimes, and the struggle she was forced to wage against that Minnesota mining company over 30 years ago! It is really worth traveling to North Country to see both Charlize Theron's and Frances McDormand's Oscar Nomination performances! 8*...ENJOY!/DISFRUTELA!

Jan-Peter Scheffer Notes on the 2005 U.S. film 'North Country', about a "Class Action" in Minnesota that was essential to the social-legal struggle for female emancipation, much like what is represented by the 2010 British film 'Made in Dagenham', which historically precedes it as an earlier part of the same struggle, but which primarily centers around the economic aspect of it.Thoughts on Josey's character.Knowledge does not equal intelligence, but rather may serve as a catalyst of an already existing potential, a latent force, which is human intelligence. In this sense, one can more rightly say that experience equals knowledge. To maintain that Josey's character is of "average intelligence", as some seem to do, counts as a continuation of one's, as once it was also her, ignorance about the essence of the female-human psyche, one's core identity and true source of power, and therefore, it is patriarchal condescendence. And it is exactly this cultural condescendence that she overcame through staying, or rather, becoming true to her core identity, unleashing a wealth of social and practical intelligence, and through sheer courage and perseverance, thus becoming a true and authentic leader in the emancipation of women, but firstly, of herself, and there is nothing "average" about that.Thoughts on the film.As for the dramatic and cinematographic qualities of 'North Country': this film gives the viewer a strong sense of location and reality, and it is a top-notch realistic socio-political, historical drama of a rare kind, meaning that its occurrence happens few and far between, and of which I mentioned another example, 'Made in Dagenham', that can and will make one think about, and re-think one's experiences and views, correcting aspects of one's perception through the relative wisdom of hindsight, and also affirming and deepening what one has already learned, or perhaps always suspected about the world, about people, and above all, about oneself. This film is as much about women as it is about men, the struggle for, and no less against, gender equality being the story whereby its main characters are driven, the ideal, and the necessity of final gender equality being its passionate, convincing message, and therefore this film is for women and men equally.Concluding my review, I'd say that 'North Country' represents a raw, but eloquent and important chapter in the continuing history of the gains and losses, the pain and victory that characterize all such essential human struggles. For its all-encompassing portrayal of the struggle for female emancipation, through the compassionate, clear analysis of one chapter of it, this film deserves a full house, and in more than one sense.

carte101 North Country stars Charlize Theron as Josie Aimes. The film, based on a true story, centers on Josie who leaves her abusive husband with two small children and travels back to Minnesota to a small town where she grew up. Desperately needing a good paying job to support her family, and not be dependent on her mother and father, (played by Sissy Spacek and Richard Jenkins), her best friend Glory (Francis McDormand) talks her into applying for a position at a local iron mine. The iron mine is the best paying job in the area; however the downside is that the mine is predominately employed by chauvinistic men who aren't actually ready for women in the workplace. She and the other female employees are verbally abused, at times assaulted and continually sexually harassed, which ultimately drives Josie to seek legal help from attorney friend Bill White (Woody Harrelson). A class action lawsuit soon followed. The director of North Country, Niki Caro, very effectively shares a vivid image of the struggles and sadness of workplace harassment, (even in the late 80's), with regard to women who are trying their best to make ends meet in the face of difficulty or opposition. Along with workplace sexual harassment that occurred, work in general in an iron mine was visibly hard and extremely dangerous. Editing and cinematography did a great job of capturing these realities through various shots at the mine. Of particular interest to me was Josie's first day on the job and the slow motion shot of the blasting that occurred while she watched. This would certainly be intimidating for your first day on the job. The irony of North Country for me was that it reminded me of the film Disclosure (1994), which starred Michael Douglas and Demi Moore. Not because the plots were similar, (because they were exact opposite), but because the themes of both films were tied to workplace sexual harassment. North Country was very interesting to watch, although it touched a nerve. I found it especially troubling that this type of behavior would be allowed to occur in the workplace. I found it even more troubling that many of the men stood by and watched is happen because they either didn't care, or were fearful of what the others might think. In any event, Josie Aimes perseveres in the end, giving hope that there is always a civil remedy for what seems to be a hopeless situation.