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That was an excellent one.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

or, a funny (peculiar) thing happened in Fleetwood. A woman's sister disappeared several years ago. The police have given up searching for her, but the woman, who works as a fish gutter, feels there must be an answer somewhere. She acquires CCTV footage of her sister's last moments which appear to support her hunch. Meanwhile, her obsession has taken her to a local vicar-cum-psychotherapist who improperly gets the hots for her. Having successfully fought off a drunken friend, and seen her sister being paddled across the Styx by Chaeron, actually a hallucination on the Wyre, she realises that CCTV operator at the docks what dunnit. Sadly she too ends up in the bottom of the dock. Weird but passably done.

Juliet McKoen's 'Frozen' is an odd little film. On one level it's a simple mystery, with Shirley Henderson's sad, disturbed Kath searching for her missing sister. On another it's, in part at least, a re-telling of elements of 'Orpheus and Euridice' - complete with tragic finale. Surprisingly, given setting and subject matter, allusions to Greek myth are made throughout this film, often in a rather contrived manner (an Oracle, in the form of a CCTV camera, is consulted; a modern Charon is seen in visions; Kath sets off into the Underworld to find her beloved sibling, etc), often in a rather laboured manner – but it's an interesting approach Henderson, a most capable character actress, is as good as ever, and holds our attention throughout – and her Kath is genuinely touching. Of the supporting cast (a surprising number of whom seem drawn from the northern sit-com stable) only Roshan Seth as Kath's counsellor-cum-love-interest is worthy of note.Much of this subtlety in characterisation is, sadly, lost in the plot. The mystery at the heart of the story, it has to be said, is wafer thin – the final, fatal direction of Kath's sister's last known steps is blindingly obvious half-way through the film. That said, the inevitable end of the hero is one of the most notable features of Greek Tragedy, so perhaps this was intention. A good script, strong, subtle performances and skillful direction make this a most entertaining, if contrived tale.

I just returned from seeing this film in Lancaster. Hearing about a locally shot film, I expected not much more than a mini-DV cheapie. However this film is far removed from that.Kath is a young woman (33) whose sister Annie disappeared two years ago without a trance. Kath rather obsessively hunts around for information to try and work out what happened. The centre of her focus is CCTV footage of her sister, that seems to suggest that something odd happened.Shot entirely in the Lancaster/Morecambe/Fleetwood region, in the North West of the UK, the film has very powerful visuals, the scenes shot on the bay itself have an amazing dream-like quality almost Herzog-like. The direction is never pedestrian, always adding to scenes.Shirley Henderson is superb as Kath, who is just by rights, a typical northern girl and comes across very well as such. The supporting cast is all solid.The script is simply superb, with an ever changing story line, and some very interesting sub-plots, that add a lot of detail to the characters and remind you that nothing ever happens in isolation, there are always other things going on in their lives. Fortunately these do not pose any real pacing issues. The ending is solid.A unique film, it is hard to determine who it would really be aimed at, certainly fans of Don't Look Now, and similar, would really enjoy this - on a larger scale, any fans of small scale, artistic cinema should get their money's worth.In all, a very good film and certainly worth seeing if you get the chance. I am looking forward to a DVD release so I can watch it again.

I recently saw 'Frozen' at the 2005 RiverRun International Film Festival, and I must say I enjoyed it. However, I don't think it's a film you'll watch over and over again... explanation: The basic synopsis of 'Frozen' is a girl, Kath, is curious about what happened to her sister, Annie. Is she alive? Dead? Living a new life? When Kath finds some evidence showing Annie the day she went missing, she becomes almost obsessed with finding her. It's not the most original plot you've ever heard of, but it is pulled off very well for what it is.Along Kath's "journey," you'll meet a few central characters, though after all is said and done, I find some of the characters --or more importantly, the one emphasized most (a therapist/priest character)-- has little to no real relation or development to the plot and could've been done without or built upon in many areas. Though the acting is convincing throughout, it's because of this that some of the exchanges can feel as if they're unnatural or dragging (even at a 90min. runtime.) What the previously mentioned slacks on, 'Frozen' more than makes up for with visuals and sound. The film uses lots of blues and dark greens, which give it a very cold feeling. This pulls you in to relate to the character, who describes herself multiple times as feeling "frozen." The camera work itself is good as well, with some very good shots scattered about. The sound is equally cold as the visuals. There's not much use of music here, which further helps with the feeling of isolation.Overall, the movie is nothing amazing, but even considering the flaws, 'Frozen' is a very good and interesting watch in the thriller category (especially considering what's been passing as "thrillers" lately.)