Wind River is a film that intermittently impresses, even if it keeps getting blown off course.
Taylor Sheridan’s flair for creating heartland epics is undimmed, but it’s hard not to wonder what someone with more directing chops, and the will to hit the accelerator, would have done with it.
Sheridan directs as well as writes for the first time, and delivers a superb thriller with a powerful chill that gets in your bones. Smart, tense and soulful.
Some powerful moments, but also misguided ones that leave a sour aftertaste.
Another muscular, modern-day western, full of tense action and tough, taciturn characters trying to navigate life on the fringes of America.
Wind River is still a very absorbing film to watch – a murder mystery with a strong lyrical and philosophical streak.
Wind River is a smart and very satisfying movie.
It treats those themes with the seriousness they deserve while delivering a tense, well-acted thriller that keeps you involved until the bitter end.
A tracker investigates the murder of a Native American girl in a tense thriller full of well-meaning white people.
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