Charlize Theron, in nonglam mode, dominates this powerful drama about sexual harassment at a Minnesota iron mine in the early 90s.

| Jun 28, 2022

Theron as usual is spot on, even if the drama feels a bit watered down.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 10, 2020

It was probably ordained from the beginning that the ending of North Country would be pure schmaltz, but isn't that what you sign up for when you buy your ticket to a movie like this? Theron and Caro deliver the goods.

| Jan 8, 2020

Theron's performance gives the film the emotional core needed to make it among the best films I have seen this year.

| Original Score: A- | Nov 19, 2019

Frances McDormand, as the lone female union rep, and Richard Jenkins, as Josie's angry miner dad, cut through the predictability.

| Mar 14, 2018

Yet Theron's steady performance allows you to see something in Josey that baulks at her victim status.

| Sep 26, 2017

North Country gives superb dramatic life to a fictionalized version of the first class-action sexual harassment lawsuit in the U.S.

| Aug 9, 2017

issue movie that blatantly examines power and sexual harassment in the workplace

| Original Score: B | Jan 14, 2013

North Country is the unfortunately overly-dramatized Hollywood version of a story that has a chance at being truly important and even uplifting, but thanks to extreme heavy-handedness, ends up being mostly shrill instead.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Apr 20, 2011

So "inspirational" it should mate with Cinderella Man and give birth to a litter of baby Oscars

| Sep 1, 2009

The road to cinematic hell is paved with this sort of banal effort borne of bland good expectations.

Full Review | Original Score: 62/100 | Jul 21, 2009

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 20, 2008

Would have you believe it's no more complex than a playground quarrel between boys, girls, and cooties.

| Original Score: C- | Apr 27, 2008

While the performances are flawless, Michael Seitzman's screenplay is embarrassingly sophomoric, so much so that the film's denouement completely obliterates its feminist message.

| Mar 1, 2007

Works as both deep focus on a critical historical moment, and a more intimate and sorrowful tale about growing up female in America.

| Feb 10, 2007

Though tough and heavy-handed at times, North Country is engaging -- not one of those films about an important subject matter that you feel you should watch.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 27, 2006

...there's little doubt that the movie would not come off even remotely as well as it ultimately does were it not for the effectiveness of the cast.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 11, 2006

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 1, 2006

Os realizadores de Terra Fria se revelam bem mais repugnantes e perigosos do que os mineiros retratados em seu filme supostamente liberal.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 23, 2006

The narrative may not be exact in its details..., but it is undoubtedly true to the spirit of the real events.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 21, 2006