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Jul 11, 2003 · The movie is visionary and elegiac, more a fable than a story, and frame by frame, it looks like a portfolio of spaces so wide, so open, that men must wonder if they have a role beneath such indifferent skies. The film is set in Montana in 1955, as the town of Northfork prepares to be submerged forever beneath the waters of a dam.
Northfork received mixed to positive reviews from critics and has a rating of 57% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 103 reviews with an average rating of 6 out of 10. The consensus states "Visually poetic, but may be too dramatically inert for some." The film also has a score of 64 on Metacritic based on 31 reviews.
MPAA Rating. PG-13. Caveat Spectator. A brief bedroom scene; some obscene and profane language; fantasy depiction of angels; implied polygamy; discussions of death and philosophical complications. About These Ratings. Northfork, from brothers Mark and Michael Polish ( Twin Peaks Idaho ), is an instance of the latter.
Aug 1, 2003 · Northfork: Directed by Michael Polish. With James Woods, Nick Nolte, Douglas Sebern, Claire Forlani. Set in 1955, the residents of a small Montana community are forced to move their homes to make way for a new dam.
- (5.6K)
- Drama, Fantasy
- Michael Polish
- 2003-08-01
Tomatometer 103 Reviews. 66% Audience Score 2,500+ Ratings. What to know. Critics Consensus. Visually poetic, but may be too dramatically inert for some. Read critic reviews. You might also...
- (103)
- Michael Polish
- PG-13
- James Woods
Northfork is an oddity, an American fairytale that mixes fantasy with reality, the surreal with the humdrum. It's a small film - it was shot on a shoestring in 24 days - that tackles big themes, such as love, loss, life and death, and never takes itself too seriously.
Reviewed by: Jennie Kermode. Tweet. Set in the 1950s, in a Midwestern American valley which is about to be flooded to create a new reservoir, Northfork recounts the stories of the last few residents lingering in their doomed town.
