North Country
Whale Rider director Niki Caro's Hollywood debut is a courtroom drama inspired by the first major sexual harassment case in the U.S., Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines. Stars Charlize Theron in an Oscar-nominated role.
2005Rating: MA15+, Strong sexual references, strong coarse language, infrequent violence126 minsUSA
Drama
- Director:
- Niki Caro ('McFarland, USA', 'Whale Rider', 'Memory & Desire')
- Writer:
- Michael Seitzman
- Cast:
- Charlize TheronThomas CurtisElle PetersonFrances McDormandSean BeanWoody HarrelsonJeremy RennerRichard Jenkins
North Country / Reviews
Total Film
Niki Caro's Hollywood debut is as well-acted as Whale Rider. But it lacks the spine to match its leading lady's richly layered contribution.
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A wobbly fiction about a real pioneering sex-discrimination case, North Country is an unabashed vehicle for its modestly de-glammed star, Charlize Theron.
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The Guardian
In real life, it's an inspiring story, but this movie is pathetically scared of alienating the male audience demographic...
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Roger Ebert
North Country is one of those movies that stir you up and make you mad, because it dramatizes practices you've heard about but never really visualized.
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