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Apr 4, 2011 · Pitting his confidence against the wide-open desert plains, “Meek’s Cutoff” eventually succeeds as a roadtrip to nowhere. criticWIRE grade: A. This review was originally published during ...
Apr 8, 2011 · Meek’s Cutoff: Movie Review. The Kelly Reichardt-directed Western is a realistic look at pioneer life that offers a disquieting alternative vision of America's most mythic location.
Apr 8, 2011 · Meek's Cutoff (Oscilloscope Features) is Kelly Reichardt's fifth feature film, and the third to receive any significant theatrical release. It's this austere filmmaker's first period piece and her ...
Sep 13, 2011 · I described "Meek's Cutoff" (2010) to a friend, "For fans of independent films, it's 104 minutes of licking the icing off chocolate cake." Director Kelly Reichardt redefines the Western genre with this somber tale of three families crossing the Oregon badlands together by covered wagon in 1845, but don't let the seemingly dull and uninteresting setup dissuade you from watching: the action isn ...
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About this movie. In 1845, the earliest days of the Oregon Trail, a wagon train of three families hires mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a shortcut, Meek leads the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert. Over the coming days, lost in the heat, the settlers face hunger, thirst ...
Jul 29, 2017 · Meek’s Cutoff takes the mythic Western of grand heroes and villains and flips it on its head, presenting a far more realistic picture of confused people facing hardship after hardship on a slow ...
Sep 13, 2011 · I described "Meek's Cutoff" (2010) to a friend, "For fans of independent films, it's 104 minutes of licking the icing off chocolate cake." Director Kelly Reichardt redefines the Western genre with this somber tale of three families crossing the Oregon badlands together by covered wagon in 1845, but don't let the seemingly dull and uninteresting setup dissuade you from watching: the action isn ...
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