Down to the Bone
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In Theaters : 2003
DVD Release : 31 October, 2006 |
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True independent filmmaking
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| I grew up on the independent movies of the 90's, and there's no doubt that nowadays, the "indie" movies are glossier and more hollywood-like than they were 10 or 15 years ago. Down To The Bone is a great, gritty, no frills story that takes hermetic focus on Irene, played by Vera Formiga, the small town upstate NY mother of two who's secretly addicted to cocaine. At rehab, a counselor sounds shocked that she could have experienced debilitating addiction but not threatened her children or lost her job, but for Irene, her problem has gestated since High School and has slowly taken over her life. What happens then is a brilliant, occasionally gut shattering take on the long, day to day process that is recovery - Irene realizing she's no longer as quick at her grocery clerk job, falling for Bob (Hugh Dillon), a sweet recovering addict who's become an ex-nurse, sitting through painful meetings and probation hearings. Formiga's work is fearless and unguarded, a more unvarnished version of Maggie Gyllenhaal in Sherrybaby - Formiga's Irene feels like anyone you remember from your small town high school, somewhere further into her difficult life. The choices she makes are true to addicts, true to the credo that things get worse before they get better, and the movie grips us most when Irene makes truly awful decisions - because our disappointment is truly hers as well. Director Debra Granik has a great DV authenticity - from the great small town details of addiction (the smell of window cleaner makes Irene nostalgic), to surprisingly symbolic shots of a pet snake - and it's that authenticity that gives the movie's astonishing, simple conclusion so powerful, a reaffirmation of life as much as a statement of addiction. |
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