Like most nominated films, this movie was dark but moving. It features a woman who is struggling with desperate financial strains and, in order to earn enough money to buy a double-wide, gets sucked into the world of smuggling illegal immigrants across the Canadian border into the U.S.
This plot resonated even more powerfully due to its timeliness. We are living in incredibly bleak economic times, and there will be several cases in our country of people confronting moral dilemmas while trying to make ends meet. If your family's well-being was on the line, would you turn down the opportunity to smuggle Chinese prostitutes across the border if your chances of getting caught were slim, and the money you'd earn would make all the difference?
If you don't believe me that situations like this are relevant and accurate, read this recent news story of a woman crying her way through robbing an Arby's.
Oscar Race note: as I have not yet seen all of the films nominated for "Best Actress," I'm going to wait to make any predictions and to fully comment on Melissa Leo's performance.
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