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This melodrama for the modern age is based on the true story of the first successful sexual harassment case in America. Niki Caro's (WHALE RIDER) inspirational tale traces one woman's determined struggle for independence and equality in a male-dominated environment, a struggle that set a precedent for improved working .. Read more

Starring	Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Thomas Curtis
Director	Niki Caro
Genres	Drama

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- NORTH COUNTRY conveys what it's like to be a small-town social pariah and to fear for yourself in the workplace. It even says a little something about the refuge and sanctity of a neighborhood tavern.
- 40562
- - USA Today
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25
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  North Country my review
  
  I would like too say that this is a great film about the struggles of some tough woman working in what is viewed as a mans world.
  
  Good actresses and ... read more »
  
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  - clubman1275
  - County Antrim
  - 13 Sep 2006 at 21:42
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  Got better and better
  
  Wasn't too sure as we started watching but it picked up and we really enjoyed this film. And it was so recent in our feminist history! Well worth watching.
  
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- - Muskrat
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  - Oswestry
  - 27 Oct 2011 at 18:58
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  Great storyline
  
  There have been a few films based upon court cases that were won in America. This is that type of story.
  
  definitely one to watch, with great acting ... read more »
  
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- - Zal
  - 14 reviews
  - London
  - 06 Sep 2011 at 13:49
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  Only 21 years ago
  
  What were we doing 21 years ago? For me, it wasn't in such an aggressively male-only domain. The desperation of survival, calling a misrepresented single ... read more »
  
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- - greentomatofan
  - 24 reviews
  - Dorset, England
  - 24 Sep 2010 at 10:01
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  North Country
  
  Terrible sent me to sleep
  
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  - York
  - 12 Feb 2010 at 17:20
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  'North Country'
  
  didnt watch this movie
  
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- - corbo37
  - 147 reviews
  - Bristol
  - 10 Feb 2010 at 18:29
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  north country
  
  redford has always been one of my favs and he dosent let the film or cast down here either.he is amply supported by the very good morgan freeman ,very good plot... read more »
  
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  - Aberdeen
  - 05 Feb 2010 at 18:27
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  North Country
  
  Charlize Theron is amazing - good sunday afternoon film. Needs to be watched and based on true story. Thoroughly enjoyable
  
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- - patuche
  - 9 reviews
  - Bristol, UK
  - 25 Jan 2010 at 13:52
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  north country
  
  Very important feminist film, understated and naturalistic. A film to make men cringe.
  
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  - xmaseveeve
  - 18 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 31 Oct 2009 at 21:35
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  North Country
  
  Excellent moving drama based on a true story about women's rights and sexual
  
  harassment in the mining industry in the USA
  
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- - serendipity56
  - 10 reviews
  - Sheffield
  - 31 May 2009 at 21:56
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  North Country
  
  A Chalisse theorn classic! a good old movie where the men overall the women but the women make their mark! story line good but predictable and a bit cringe ... read more »
  
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  - Epsom
  - 30 Apr 2009 at 14:04
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  North Country my review
  
  I would like too say that this is a great film about the struggles of some tough woman working in what is viewed as a mans world.
  
  Good actresses and ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 370219
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  - clubman1275
  - County Antrim
  - 13 Sep 2006 at 21:42
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  Moving
  
  Very moving and shocking story, well acted by Charlize Theron. Sean Bean in a better small roll than of recent (he gets into quite a lot of films at the moment... read more »
  
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  - Widnes, England
  - 03 Jul 2006 at 15:51
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  Fantastic Film
  
  Amazing film with great climax - particularly watching Bobby Sharp (Jeremy Renner) crack under cross-examination as he realises he can't escape the part he ... read more »
  
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- - CH
  - Skipton, England
  - 30 Jul 2006 at 21:28
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  Better than Anticipated
  
  I wasn't expecting a great deal from this movie, but actually it's really very good. A harrowing tale of sexual discrimination is enhanced by showing ... read more »
  
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  - Shropshire
  - 17 Aug 2006 at 11:49
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  ok afternoon film
  
  I can't believe this was shown at the cinemas!
  
  its not a film suited for the big screen,but really suited for a channel 5 afternoon viewing.read more »
  
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- - Nicola
  - Sleaford,Lincolnshire
  - 08 Jun 2006 at 14:49
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  A great sense of justice
  
  This was an exceptional film. Excellently cast and sensitively performed.
  
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  - Bath, England
  - 18 Jul 2008 at 16:22
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  Inspiring and Heart-felt Drama
  
  Based on a true story this tale of a fight for respect and freedom from sexual harassment really hits home. Excellent acting by Charlize Theron as the woman ... read more »
  
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- - Tony Fenton
  - Birmingham, England
  - 10 Feb 2007 at 23:43
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  Didn't watch all of this
  
  Sorry - a bit too bleak and harsh for us at this time in our lives. Watched a bit of it but didn't want to carry on with it
  
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- - crispin40
  - 530 reviews
  - Stirling, Scotland
  - 23 Aug 2008 at 09:55
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  Excellent
  
  Loved this film. New from the start it was going to be good. Very well acted by Charlize Theron. What these women had to put up with was disgusting. Very moving... read more »
  
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- - Deb Walker
  - Essex, England
  - 16 Dec 2006 at 14:27
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  Excellent
  
  If you like true stories then you will really enjoy this movie about women enduring horrible persecution in America in the eighties just earn a buck. Sexually ... read more »
  
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- - Paul Shepherd
  - London
  - 26 Nov 2007 at 20:19

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Critics' reviews
- NORTH COUNTRY conveys what it's like to be a small-town social pariah and to fear for yourself in the workplace. It even says a little something about the refuge and sanctity of a neighborhood tavern.
- 40562
- - USA Today
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25
- Caro successfully captures a sense of community dynamic, and contrasts the forbidding landscape with Josie's inner resolve
- 40561
- - Uncut
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25
- Real-life legal cases are often slow, protracted, intricate affairs; hardly the stuff of tense, T-shirt-over-the-nose... read more on Time Out
- 49286
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:19
- Charlize Theron gives a compelling performance... Theron is never anything but believable
- 40560
- - Sight and Sound
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25

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  This melodrama for the modern age is based on the true story of the first successful sexual harassment case in America. Niki Caro's (WHALE RIDER) inspirational tale traces one woman's determined struggle for independence and equality in a male-dominated environment, a struggle that set a precedent ...