North Country

Director Niki Caro and her crew have made North Country as if it is cinema’s only chance to accurately and definitively depict the horrors of sexual harassment at the workplace. In a world where moviegoers are more often likely to fork out cash for the sight of things blowing up rather than the unpleasant reality of women’s past and current hardships regarding this issue, Caro goes all or nothing with her picture. The result will probably stand for some time as the most important and effective movie made on this subject. Let’s face it … other studios are probably not rushing to cover this subject. Charlize Theron is excellent as Josey Adams, a Minnesota mine worker who sues her employer for sexual harassment. The film is “inspired” by a real-life case where women sued a mining company in the first sexual harassment class-action suit. Beware: The marketing would have you believe this is a true story, but the film is almost completely fictitious as far as history is concerned.