North Country (2005)

The framework of the story can't miss: newbie in a difficult situation decides to change the situation and gets nothing but more grief for her attempts.

It's a serviceable underdog story with effective acting undone by superfluous extras: making her out-of-wedlock kid the result of a rape rather than simply the result of underage promiscuousness is a particularly eye-rolling move. Can't she be right NOW even if she was wrong THEN? There are also some incredibly silly courtroom theatrics employed -- the speechifying and witness-bullying by Woody Harrelson would've made more sense in an old Perry Mason episode.

But still -- not bad.

B-