Rent Down to the Bone (2004)

3.4 of 5 from 58 ratings
1h 42min
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Synopsis:
In Upstate New York, Irene (Vera Farmiga) struggles to raise two sons, keep her stale marriage together and manage a secret cocaine habit. Isolated by the strip malls and dying small towns that define the area, Irene's not sure when she went from high school partying to skimming off the grocery money to supply her growing habit - but it's about to end abruptly. Desperate to alter her life, she puts herself in rehab, hoping that she can turn around the world she has made with her husband, Steve (Clint Jordan).
But once she's back home the distance between them seems to have grown and Irene ends up falling into an incendiary affair with Bob (Hugh Dillon), a nurse and former addict that she met at rehab. His attention and affection awakens her pushed aside life, but all too soon she realizes they have more in common than she bargained for.
Actors:
, , , , Jasper Daniels, Taylor Foxhall, Giles Penderghast, , Richard Lieske, Hector Vasquez, Joel Saeks, Lori Berryman, Walt Bolde, , Gia Mitchell
Directors:
Writers:
Jean-Michel Dissard, Debra Granik
Studio:
Lionsgate Films
Genres:
Drama
Awards:

2004 Sundance Film Festival Directing Award Dramatic

2004 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Acting

BBFC:
Release Date:
12/02/2007
Run Time:
102 minutes
Languages:
English LPCM Stereo
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
Colour:
Colour

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Well worth seeing what led up to Winter's Bone - Down to the Bone review by TE

Spoiler Alert
26/07/2018

Debra Granik brings originality to a familiar tale of drug abuse and the cycle of addiction.

The film is done in a semi-documentary style and is low key and unsensational. This overall feel is mainly sustained by a strong central performance by Vera Farmiga.

If anything the sheer mundane nature of the drug use and its impact on children is too well conveyed. There is a lack of dramatic energy and we are almost encouraged to shrug and say "so what?"

Granik's next film, Winter's Bone, is a modern classic full of that very dramatic energy.

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