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Wind River

2017 Directed by Taylor Sheridan

Nothing is harder to track than the truth.

An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.

Jeremy Renner Elizabeth Olsen Gil Birmingham Kelsey Asbille Jon Bernthal Graham Greene Julia Jones Martin Sensmeier Tyler Laracca Tokala Black Elk James Jordan Eric Lange Ian Bohen Hugh Dillon Matthew Del Negro Teo Briones Tantoo Cardinal Apesanahkwat Althea Sam Blake Robbins Austin R. Grant Norman Lehnert Shayne J. Cullen Dallin Tusieseina Gabe Casdorph Mason D. Davis Chris Romrell Ian Roylance Gus Sheridan Show All…

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Review by Ava Davis ★★★★½ 4

It made me cry and then I went up to taylor Sheridan my new favorite man alive aka a good screenwriter and director and told him
He
Made
Me
Cry and he said that's a goal and then I asked him if I could hug him and he said absolutely and it was precious
Review by Todd Gaines ★★★★½ 26

The movie The Snowman wishes it was.

Taylor Sheridan is one of my favorite people in Hollywood. He writes mature movies with adult themes for an adult audience. After killing it with screenplays for both Sicario and Hell or High Water; he takes it up a level with writing and now directing, Wind River. A murder mystery set in the snow hills of Wyoming.

Mr Sheridan uses themes he’s familiar with. A naive at times FBI Agent in over her head. (Sicario) A story about the poor working class and their daily struggles. (Hell or High Water) With Wind River, he makes his Agent more confident in her decisions and actions, and he explores the hardships of the day-to-day life…
Review by brat pitt ★★★½ 27

i’m willing to ignore how poorly written the women characters are because its overarching message about the prevalence of violence against native women is nowhere near discussed as much as it should be.

however, i can’t ignore the fact that the protagonist is ... a white man. worse, it’s jeremy renner. if the lead was a native woman, even a native man, this would’ve been revolutionary. i understand that there is pressure to cast famous (white) actors in order to get funding from studios, but is it worth undermining your film’s political meaning?
Review by Evan ★★★★½ 10

Speechless.

During the entire final 25 minutes I sat there stiff as a board with my jaw on the floor. Some of the most intense stuff I've ever seen in a movie.

Wind River has compelling characters, engaging story, beautiful visuals, and outstanding performances.

Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, and Graham Greene all knock it out of the freaken park. If Renner doesn't get an Oscar Nomination, it will be an absolute travesty.

You would think Taylor Sheridan has been directing for YEARS!
Review by Katie ★★★★ 3

women are a fucking force. elizabeth olsen is an angel. jon bernthal is an angel. SHE RAN SIX MILES IN THE SNOW. I FUCKING. BYE.
Review by Dan ★½ 6

if you put a gun to taylor sheridan’s head and told him to write a good female lead he would die right there on the spot

Recent reviews

Review by Noah Davis ★★★★★

Tense and heartbreaking.
Review by Caleb ★★★★½ 1

Did Jeremy Renner really just give me all the feels?
Review by Asim Pollard ★★★★

had a strange feeling that the original dialouge between cory and jane seem a bit too familiar.
Review by Abel Soriano ★★★★½ 5

Después de estar un buen rato pensando en cómo explicar lo que estas dos horas me han transmitido, he llegado a la conclusión de que lo único que puedo decir es que todo el contexto gélido que nos muestran en Wind River, lo han utilizado para que - de alguna manera - regulásemos nuestra temperatura corporal a unos valores estándares, ya que toda la calidez que desprenden las acogedoras frases - que son unas cuantas - de un tal Jeremy Renner y ese tercer acto digno de admirar, es abrumadora.
Review by DEKUSAMA ★★★★

There is a string of scenes in this movie that will crush you. Each in very different ways.
Review by Wilson ★★★★½

Wind River is a terse, economical but lyrical crime film, built upon a fairly simplistic plot, allowing Taylor Sheridan the writer to bring to the fore his now customary excellent character work. It is also the most emotional film in Sheridan's filmography thus far. He wants to make the audience cry, but with hard-won honesty.

Jeremy Renner, not an actor with great screen presence, is pretty great here, fading appropriately into the background, delivering lyrical homilies when required and dispensing hard-won wisdom about grief, if not anything else.

Elizabeth Olsen continues to impress in every role, and again here she judges the film well, never overplaying what could have been a stock character. I think she probably gets away from…
Review by kate ★★★★

this movie’s structure is literally time to cry, scene to recover, time to cry again, scene to recover, time to cry again
Review by bitticlan ★★★½

7.5/10

Wind River is an engaging mystery/drama that fleshes out it's characters and it's setting efficiently and effectively while also throwing in some tensely directed action sequences and fantastic scene pacing, but for such a gritty and realistic movie the dialogue can get into "wise old soul gives monologue" territory that takes you out of the mood of the film.

Worth mentioning that Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen give great performances.
Review by Gnomodesign ★★★½

Thriller que marcha de forma sosegada pero firme hasta su cúspide, para una vez ahí, también de forma calmada, ganar la batalla consiguiendo que su metraje te tenga sin parpadear. Buen guión, gran banda sonora e interpretaciones correctas.