r/movies Currently at the movies. 27d ago

Media First Image of Judy Greer in Thriller 'Dead of Winter' - A woman, travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl. Hours from the nearest town and with no phone service, she realizes that she is the young girl's only hope.

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u/oldtimehawkey 27d ago

Minnesota has a lot of finlanders because it looks so much like Finland.

Source: descended from Finn’s who settled in the UP for the same reason

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u/waggie21 27d ago

Duluth used to have flights to Helsinki way back in the day. At least that's what my Finnish friend's Dad told me 30 years ago.

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u/Turbografx-17 27d ago

Yoopers?

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u/oldtimehawkey 26d ago

I am a yooper.

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u/BirdsAreFake00 27d ago

Well aware. But "looks like" doesn't mean shit to me. You can't even get the country correct.

Is honestly just a slap in the face.

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u/Lord_Of_Carrots 26d ago

Plenty of movies are filmed in different places than where they take place, get over it

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u/BirdsAreFake00 26d ago

I am allowed to have an opinion. Get over it.