Frozen River

Excellent: 0
Good : 9
Average: 16
Poor: 10
Very Poor: 14

Total reaction: 35%

If I’d been able to see or hear what was going on, it might have been good!
“Rusty” lighting could have found a few more glow-worms and subtitles in Canadian English.
A nice story ruined by appalling diction and sound. Too dark – sound and dialogue poor.
Might have enjoyed it more if I could have seen it and heard what they were saying.
The story was powerful but it was visually difficult to watch at times and the diction was very por. It was very different- it was a pity the diction was so poor as I missed so much. Very basic. Very dark.
I couldn’t understand about 75% of the vocal content. The lighting was terrible and I couldn’t follow the story line.

Oh for subtitles!! Could have done with subtitles! Dark – can’t hear it. Rubbish!
No story line. Very poor, we couldn’t hear what was being said: just completely like a hard jigsaw.
Couldn’t understand what they were saying for 75% of the time. Why was it shot in the dark? Not a great story line. Awful – couldn’t see; couldn’t hear. Perhaps the budget was too low.
Needed subtitles. Needed more money spent on lighting and also subtitles.
Could have done with subtitles! Glad I’d read the notes.
Looked good when it wasn’t too dark to see. Could have done with subtitles.

Too dark to follow much of the action.
A pity the budget didn’t run to some more light and subtitles would have helped.
Too dark and as I could not understand the dialogue, I didn’t get much out of it.
Bored! Very, very disappointing. Could not see and could not understand the dialogue.
I might have been interested if I could see and understand what they were saying!!
A wasted evening. Dark and incomprehensible rubbish. Very, very poor.
Could not understand very much. So boring!

Found it hard to hear all the dialogue. Quite bleak but, as always, interesting to see.
I think I’ll need to see it all. At times it was visually and audibly incomprehensible.
Couldn’t hear what they said or see what they did.
One of the worst films I have ever seen. It might have been filmed down a mine. Where were the subtitles to the mumbled and incoherent text? On TV I could have turned it off!
Subtitles might have helped, as the sound was so poor but so too was the photography and the plot was thin. It should have stayed as a short.
The worst yet because of the soundtrack. Only people who have spent time in Canada could possibly have understood it. A budget film with a budget sound track. Is it too much to ask that when choosing films you check the soundtrack or switch on subtitles , if the DVD has them.

Might be good, if I had seen and heard what went on.
For a film which was mostly shot in the dark, and which featured largely incomprehensible dialogue, I suppose it wasn’t that bad.
Sound not clear, good story. Could you please ask people not to stand at the end, some of us like to read the credits. Difficult to hear and see. Was it a good film?
Such a shame it was difficult to see and hear what was going on, but otherwise I enjoyed the film.


The next film at Durweston will be A Serious Man on November 18th.