The Unknown Country

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Sal D @JustTheLaw Jan 13 High hopes dashed mid-way through the film. I guess as hard as I tried to connect with Lily Gladstone's character, I just could not so the vignettes patched together just did not work for me. Disappointed but maybe the movie is just not for me. See more Wayne M @Wayne93 Apr 27 The Unknown Country is a meditative film, a beautiful exploration of the human condition. It's dreamy and contemplative at times, but manages to always remain interesting. Director Morissa Maltz has made a film that feels somewhat documentary like. It follows the central character in Tana, a Native American woman from Minnesota, who recently lost her grandmother. She decides to follow her trip she did many years ago to Texas. Along the way she reconnects with family in South Dakota, where she attends a wedding. Also on the journey she meets real life people who give her their story. These are really beautiful moments as we hear their interesting stories. This film lacks a real narrative structure, but it's really about memories and connections. Lily Gladstone is superb as Tana. And the mostly unknown cast shine as well in this wonderful little film. See more Leprechaun K @LeprechaunKing Apr 21 The film is half documentary like, with real life stories at each pit stop along a road trip. Some stories are not interesting than others, but movie as a whole seems flat. Good ending though. See more Judith K @ziqiongmom Mar 7 This movie was boring. At best, it should have been a 30 minute short movie, rather than an hour and a half feature film. But there wasn't much to it. It felt like a documentary of a very slow moving road trip, which was meaningful for the lead character, but not for me. See more Jim H @JimHobson 12/24/2024 This is a road trip that I'm so glad I took. See more Kevin L @Lakeman 06/11/2024 A lovely, quiet film built on a bisecting journey from Minnesota to South Dakota, then on to the Texas/Mexico border. Lead figure Tana seeks to find the location where her recently deceased grandmother's photo was taken long ago in some southwestern countryside in west Texas, and maybe find some solace and closure in its completion. Often visually impressive, "The Unknown Country" covers South Dakota's stark rural look along with long, long stretches of straight narrow highways on down to Texas as Tana stops in small towns, motel locales, and briefly into the lives of those who inhabit them. She finds some connection and joy in the stories, personalities, and dance halls of everyday people who've settled down far off the main tracts. Led by stand out work by the remarkable Lily Gladstone, this is an impressive feature debut by director/writer Morrisa Maltz. 3.3 stars See more Read all reviews

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