A good movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, since it was leaving Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out after all. I have to admit it, even though Kelly Reichardt seems to have a decent reputation, it was only the 2^nd movie that she has directed that I have seen so far. However, after watching this movie, I started to see that she indeed has a lot of potential. To be honest, the damned thing was still not really great though. Indeed, I’m not a huge fan of this approach of combining 3 little stories instead of focusing on only 1 because, most of the time, you actually end up with some rather half-baked little tales instead of a fully fleshed one and it was definitely the case here. Still, there is no doubt that Reichardt made most of this material though. Indeed, I just loved the soft slow vibe and there was something really genuine about all these characters. My favorite part was the final one as the weird complex dynamic between the character played beautifully by Lily Gladstone and Kristen Stewart was quite fascinating. The first part worked as well not because the story it was dealing with was so amazing (it was maybe sad but nothing really mesmerizing) but because of Laura Dern managed to do so much with it. The middle part was, as far as I was concerned, the least rewarding. Indeed, it seems that there was too much going on and, yet, at the same time, it boiled down to be only about an entitled ice queen bitch trying to swindle some vintage stones from some poor old dude. Michelle Williams was actually fine and delivered another solid performance here but the fact that her character reminded me so much of my ex-wife probably didn’t help. Anyway, to conclude, even if it didn’t really work, it was still pretty good and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Kelly Reichardt’s work.