SummaryLittle Woods, North Dakota, a fracking boomtown well beyond its prime. Ollie is trying to survive the last few days of her probation after getting caught illegally running prescription pills over the Canadian border. But when her mother dies, she is thrust back into the life of her estranged sister Deb (James), who is facing her own crisis with ... Read More
Directed By:Nia DaCosta
Written By:Nia DaCosta
Little Woods
Metascore
Generally Favorable
74
User score
Mixed or Average
5.1
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
74
90% Positive
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
10% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Apr 17, 2019
89
A thriller wants to entertain you. Little Woods wants you to think, and feel. I did both.
Apr 16, 2019
83
Rather than pass judgment, Little Woods merely allows life to occur in its oft-depressive state of seeming futility. Thompson and James commendably imbue each character with a palpable fear that ensures their actions are beyond reproach.
Apr 20, 2019
80
It’s a testament to the strength of Thompson’s performance, and DaCosta’s control of tone and action, that for all the bleakness of this world, we keep watching. The result is a work that lingers, grimly, in the mind.
Apr 17, 2019
75
Everyone comes out of Little Woods looking good, and DaCosta comes out with a directing career.
Jan 15, 2019
70
Nia DaCosta’s heartland tale, rough around some edges, is a promising feature debut.
Apr 15, 2019
50
Nia DaCosta indulges one of rural quasi-thriller’s most tiresome gambits: humorlessness as a mark of high seriousness.
User score
Mixed or Average
5.1
35% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
35% Mixed
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30% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
Sep 2, 2019
7
The story itself is nothing new or fresh but it's effective and certainly emotional. But what I think is a more admirable discovery is that both Tessa Thompson and Lily James reveal and indicate that they have more talent than they have been allowed to explore lately. Especially Thompson who got lost this year with MIB International.
Production Company:
- Automatik Entertainment
- Extra A Productions
- Stoneboies Entertainment
- Tango Entertainment (III)
- Water's End Productions
Release Date:Apr 19, 2019
Duration:1 h 45 m
Rating:R
Awards
Fargo Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Denver Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Gasparilla International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
