Frozen River (2008)

The trailer looked depressing, but I was drawn to this. Melissa Leo, from Homicide, plays a woman whose fondest wish is to buy a new double-wide trailer in the northernmost part of New York state for herself and her two sons. Her town, Massena, abuts the Mohawk Indian reservation, which in turn abuts a (frozen) river across from which is Canada. The movie did not disappoint, though there were no laughs whatsoever. It was all shot on location in NY state, with lots of snow and ice. I felt cold watching it!