Wild Indian

Released Sep 3, 2021

1h 30m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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71 Reviews

Tomatometer

59%

Fewer than 50 Ratings

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Decades after covering up his classmate's murder, Michael (Michael Greyeyes) has moved on from his reservation and fractured past. When a man who shares his violent secret seeks vengeance, Michael goes to great lengths to protect his new life with his wife (Kate Bosworth) and boss (Jesse Eisenberg) from the demons of his past.

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Critics Consensus

While Wild Indian might have benefited from a more probing approach to its themes, it's held together by Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.'s skilled direction and a strong performance from lead Michael Greyeyes.

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Regina Marie S

The emotion that Micheal Greyeyes portrays is amazing and scary all at once. This is a story of trauma and how it affects people, family, and communities.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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P W

Beautiful exploration of modern native american culture and one mans attempt to hide from his dangerous past - and present.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/26/22

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wayne m

WIld Indian is an interesting film, although I think an incomplete one. It has a very interesting premise but I felt lacked somewhat in execution. The film is set in two time periods. Firstly in Wisconsin in 1988 with two teenage Native American boys, Makwa and Teddo. Makwa is bullied at home and school and when a situation develops into tragedy they have to make life changing decisions. Most of the film is set in the present day as the we follow the boys that are now grown men. They have gone in different directions to how you might have expected and they now have to deal with actions from the past. The film is an interesting one but I felt it was overwritten and acted in parts and felt stilted at times. Potentially a good film but one that didn't quite deliver.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

If there ever was a film that made me crave for more than I got...it's this one. "Wild Indian" is about Michael, a Native American who left his reservation years ago. He also leaves the knowledge that he helped cover up a murder years earlier. Time catches up, however, as the actual killer is released from prison. Michael takes matters into his own hands to keep the secret. I feel like this story needed a more fleshed out resolution. Maybe a longer movie would have brought the needed depth. Some good performances, but I wanted more.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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brent m

As thrillers go, this slowburning tale of a pair of adolescent Native American cousins from troubled backgrounds who get caught up in a dangerous situation has its moments at the film's outset but it drops the ball when their adult selves eventually seek to come to grips with their past. Given the picture's thoroughly unlikeable protagonist, needlessly slow pacing, inexplicable plot developments and soliloquies containing observations that seem to lose something in translation, this alleged mystery/crime saga never quite comes together in an engaging or satisfying way. The fine supporting performances of Chaske Spencer and Phoenix Wilson help to prop up this offering, but the stilted portrayal of Michael Greeneyes and the wasted casting of Jesse Eisenberg and Kate Bosworth present a decidedly mixed bag on the acting front. Director Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.'s debut feature could use some definite spit and polish on a variety of fronts, especially in light of its overall attempts at saying something meaningful but not really saying much of anything at all. Indeed, how this one managed to garner four Independent Spirit Award nominations is perhaps the film's biggest mystery of all.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Interesting premise, but some parts of the story dragged along.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/11/22

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Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.

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Michael Greyeyes

Makwa

Evan Assante

Classmate

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Mrs. Kroll

Jesse Eisenberg

Jerry

Kate Bosworth

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Phil Hoad

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It feels as if director Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr has created something new in his debut feature: a fascinatingly conflicted antihero of Ojibwe heritage who seems entirely distinct from previous Native American protagonists.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 25, 2021

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

An undeniably bold and auspicious debut.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 4, 2021

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Matt Zoller Seitz

RogerEbert.com

Whatever its merits as a self-contained and freestanding story, Wild Indian may one day be regarded as a major work, not just within the context of its director's career, but cinema as a whole.

Rated: 3.5/4

Sep 3, 2021

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Sarah Cortinaz

InSession Film

I have to respect Corbine for bringing together two very different subject matters. But when I hoped for more, there was none. And when he wanted me to feel, there was very little.

Rated: C

Apr 23, 2024

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Manuel São Bento

MSB Reviews

Michael Greyeyes and Chaske Spencer take the viewers through a dark, emotional journey of understanding that life isn’t always fair and that making amends only works for people who can actually feel guilt or remorse.

Rated: B-

Jul 24, 2023

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Mitchell Beaupre

Awards Radar

It’s challenging in the way that a Michael Haneke movie is challenging, where it gets to these core ideas of the darkness of human beings, and specifically here the bloodied soil that we’re all living on.

Rated: 3.5/4

Sep 22, 2022

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Synopsis

Decades after covering up his classmate's murder, Michael (Michael Greyeyes) has moved on from his reservation and fractured past. When a man who shares his violent secret seeks vengeance, Michael goes to great lengths to protect his new life with his wife (Kate Bosworth) and boss (Jesse Eisenberg) from the demons of his past.

Director: Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.
Producer: Adriana Banta, Katy Drake Bettner, Niraj Bhatia, Jake Carter, Celine Dornier, Jesse Eisenberg, Frédéric Fiore, Brent Ryan Green, J.D. Lifshitz, Adam Margules, Raphael Margules, Lesli A. Masoner, Joel Michaely, Heather Rae
Screenwriter: Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.
Distributor: Vertical Entertainment
Production Co: MM2 Entertainment, Cinereach, Pureplay Entertainment, BoulderLight Pictures, Thunderbird Films, 30West, Grey Hour Production Services, Logical Pictures
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 3, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 3, 2021
Runtime: 1h 30m

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