Down to the Bone Movie Information

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Overall Rank: 6130

Average Rating: 2.8/4

# of Ratings: 9

Theatrical Release Date: 11/25/2005

Language: English

Genre: Drama

MPAA Rating: R

Director: Debra Granik

Actors: Vera Farmiga, Hugh Dillon, Clint Jordan, Caridad 'La Bruja' De La Luz, Jasper Daniels, Taylor Foxhall

Plot: A working class mother of two harbors a secret addiction to drugs. -- goodfellamike

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2/4

dukeakasmudge - wrote on 10/03/2011

Good flick but I hated the ending

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goodfellamike - wrote on 04/05/2008

Down to the Bone is one of those independent movies you stumble upon and are pleasantly surprised by its content and quality of acting. It's the kind of film you wish Hollywood made more often. It's about a scanner at a grocery store who is trapped in a boring marriage and harbors a secret drug addiction. Vera Farmiga has the difficult challenge of making Irene a very sympathetic character (even as she tries to buy drugs with her children's birthday money.) We empathize with her character and recognize the injustice as we watch her lose her job because she admits to her boss that she's only slower at her job because she is now off drugs; when she was high all the time, she excellened and management had no complaints. She attends rehab, has a relapse and finds a certain escape with …

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