SummaryIrene (Vera Farmiga) is a working class mother living in upstate New York. She struggles to keep her marriage together and raise two sons while keeping her cocaine addiction a secret. After a series of nearly fatal mishaps, and finally hoping to make a change in her life, she decides to check herself into a rehab center. There, she meets and fall... Read More
Directed By:Debra Granik
Down to the Bone
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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.
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Down to the Bone emerges with an aura of authenticity so strong as to be mesmerizing, thanks to a superior script brought to life with infallibly natural performances.
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If there were an ounce of taste left in Hollywood, the magnificent Vera Farmiga would be a front-runner for the Best Actress Oscar.
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A quietly harrowing chronicle of addiction and fragile recovery anchored by Vera Farmiga's intense performance.
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Like Catherine Hardwicke's "Thirteen," this film has an ear for the way moms talk to kids, a sensitivity to drug-sweetened intimacies, and an appreciation of the urgent nuance, not just the comedy, of recovery-speak.
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This is a performance without the histrionics and emotional outbursts that accompany most portrayals of addiction. This feels closer to the truth.
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Farmiga is excellent as a woman who is like the mouse she feeds to her son's pet snake - trapped and about to be eaten alive by ordinary circumstance.
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Production Company:
- Down to the Bone Productions
- Susie Q Productions
Release Date:Nov 25, 2005
Duration:1 h 44 m
Rating:R
Tagline:Old Habits Die Hard
Awards
Sundance Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Marrakech International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 2 Nominations
