Fresh
Down to the Bone achieves what only the best independent films have: making life, at its most unvarnished, a journey.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Overview
A woman stuck in a stale marriage struggles to raise her children and manage her secret drug habit. But when winter comes to her small town, her balancing act begins to come crashing down.
Director and cast
- Debra Granik Director
- Vera Farmiga as Irene
- Hugh Dillon as Bob
- Clint Jordan as Steve
- Caridad 'La Bruja' De La Luz as Lucy (as Caridad De La Luz)
- Jasper Daniels as Ben (as Jasper Moon Daniels)
- Taylor Foxhall as Jason
- Giles Penderghast as Pet Store Clerk
- Terry McKenna as Gene
- Richard Lieske as Richard
- Hector Vasquez as Hector
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Fresh
This downbeat story of blue-collar drug abuse becomes a moving portrait of people battling their inner demons, thanks to an outstanding acting ensemble.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
If there were an ounce of taste left in Hollywood, the magnificent Vera Farmiga would be a front-runner for the Best Actress Oscar.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Fresh
The film is so pitch perfect and realistic, it seems you are there with these people, watching their lives unfold before you as it happens.
G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
Conventional movies, even independent ones, tend to get histrionic and judgmental about such drug-related setbacks. But Granik's film, though hardly a clinical case study, keeps a measured distance from the heavy-handed or simplistic.
Gene Seymour, Newsday
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