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A drama about drug addiction, by first time director & writers, hailed by critics for its realism & the performance...
A drama about drug addiction, by first time director & writers, hailed by critics for its realism & the performance of lead Vera Farmiga (The Departed).
Irene (Farmiga) is a working class mother living in upstate New York. She struggles to keep her marriage together and raise two sons while keeping her cocaine addiction a secret. After a series of nearly fatal mishaps, and finally hoping to make a change in her life, she decides to check herself into a rehab center. There, she meets and falls in love with a fellow reformed addict (Dillon). When one of them falls into a relapse with the addiction, their commitment to staying clean – and to each other – shatters.
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94 %32 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
71 %26,476 reviewsAudience score rating
"First-time feature director's disciplined objectivity is coupled with humanism in this collaboration with a gifted cast and cinematographer. The artistic success, though, may be a bit too cool..."
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Variety
Variety"The film is so pitch perfect and realistic, it seems you are there with these people, watching their lives unfold before you as it happens..."
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San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle"If there were an ounce of taste left in Hollywood, the magnificent Vera Farmiga would be a front-runner for the Best Actress Oscar..."
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone"Down to the Bone emerges with an aura of authenticity so strong as to be mesmerizing, thanks to a superior script brought to life with infallibly natural performances..."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"This is a performance without the histrionics and emotional outbursts that accompany most portrayals of addiction. This feels closer to the truth..."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"Down to the Bone achieves what only the best independent films have: making life, at its most unvarnished, a journey..."
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment WeeklyDown To The Bone | Details
Award winner- Winner of Director's Award & Special Jury Prize for Famiga at Sundance Film Festival 2004.
- Rating
- M, contains drug use, sex scenes & offensive language
- Runtime
- 104
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- USA
