Kelly Reichardt directed. Based on short stories by Maile Meloy.
Like Reichardt's other movies, it's slow but not at all dull.
It annoyed Jon Jost that people told him that Kelly Reichardt's work was similar to his. He later attacked her movie, Meek's Cutoff,
which I thought was great. Here, Reichardt films in Montana in the same
territory--or at least the same state--where Jost has made a couple
movies.
A woman lawyer's male client has no respect for her but she has to put on a bulletproof vest and diffuse a situation he creates.
A woman and her husband buy sandstone from an old man played by the late René Auberjonois living alone in a house in the Montana countryside. Very different from other roles I've seen him in.
A young woman, Jamie, works as a ranch hand and wanders into an evening class on school law being taught by young attorney Beth. Jamie goes to the class each week and goes to a diner with Beth afterward and watches her eat. It meant more to one than the other.
With Laura Dern, Michelle Williams, Kristen Stewart, Lily Gladstone, James LeGros and Jared Harris.
Available on the Criterion Channel, IFC and AMC and you can pay to see it on Vudu or Amazon.
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