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Little Woods

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In North Dakota, two estranged sisters are driven to extremes when their mother dies, leaving them with one week to pay back her mortgage.
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Led by standout work from Tessa Thompson, Little Woods tells a grimly absorbing tale that marks a commendable debut for writer-director Nia DaCosta.

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Roxana Hadadi AWFJ.org 02/25/2020
DaCosta, Thompson, and James have created something tense and timely and empathetic in Little Woods, further expanding the Western genre and adding another slice of American life to it. Go to Full Review
Claudia Puig FilmWeek (LAist) 09/27/2019
A taut and affecting thriller. Go to Full Review
Wenlei Ma News.com.au 06/21/2019
4/5
The directorial debut by Nia DaCosta is a stunning, deep and thoughtful portrait of two marginalised women in America forgotten by city folk and the political class. Go to Full Review
Annlee Ellingson CineWomen 07/28/2024
[Director Nia] DaCosta deploy[s] handheld camerawork ... to bring intimacy to two women’s stories, whose personal collisions with addiction, abortion, the housing crisis, and the broken promise of the American dream are writ large. Go to Full Review
Aaron Charles InSession Film 05/10/2024
A-
DaCosta does a fantastic job – especially as a debut director – at finding the opportunities for cinematic moments in this sparse story. Even when the film does slow down, it never comes to a halt. Go to Full Review
Elissa Suh Moviepudding (Substack) 08/21/2023
Before directing the Candyman sequel, Nia DaCosta made more plain the unforgiving horror that is the U.S. healthcare system in this woman-powered neo-western... Go to Full Review
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Elysia L Jan 5 i actually liked it, despite being stressful and depressing See more Ash P @AshParth 11/30/2023 For being Nia DeCosta's first movie since I've already seen her works on Candyman and The Marvels, she did a damn good first movie to start her career especially when she was just in college, too. Great acting, a good deep story especially when it's based on true events over at Noth Dekota when it comes to doing whatever it takes to live through a poverty-stricken town. Sure, some scenes do feel slow but those are just minor nitpicks for me. Yet the only thing important as it went was the sisters pushing through so that they are happy for one another even for their mother who'd recently died and for their child to live a well loved life. Plus, good to see Lance Reddick - bless his soul - to deliver some good scenes when Tessa Thompson comes around to see him. 9/10. See more Geaux P 09/27/2023 What a steaming pile of dog sh*t. I want my hour and forty-five minutes of life back. I pray this director is never allowed to work again. See more Aldo G 06/23/2023 I watched this picture after watching Candyman which was expertly directed by Nia DaCosta. Little Woods is her directing debut and while she clearly a filmmaker with much to say, this film felt flat to me. The performances by the two leads are excellent, the story is worthy of being told, but Little Woods and I never connected. See more Jelisije J 03/10/2023 A very dark depressing realistic story of two sisters who are struggling with making their lives better in the midst of a poverty stricken town. See more tom m 10/03/2021 I like Tessa Thompson and Lily James. They put in good performances in this film. The story was just okay, though. It was rather depressing. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis In North Dakota, two estranged sisters are driven to extremes when their mother dies, leaving them with one week to pay back her mortgage.
Director
Nia DaCosta
Producer
Rachael Fung, Tim Headington, Gabrielle Nadig, David Stone
Screenwriter
Nia DaCosta
Distributor
Neon
Production Co
Buffalo Picture House, Extra A Productions
Rating
R (Some Drug Material|Language)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 19, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 16, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$147.1K
Runtime
1h 45m
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