This is not a remarkable movie, though it has some good scenes, breath-taking views and beautiful shots. The dialogs are often clichéd, and the storyline is just mildly good. It's about a mountain man played by Robert Redford, and his struggle to survive. After that, you see his life with an Indian woman and a little boy; those scenes are very cute. It's mostly quite boring and not absorbing enough, though. One of the main problems of this is that Robert Redford isn't capable of holding a picture. His character is never realistic, and it's never iconic. He still has some moments in which the emotions of Jeremiah come out, and those are touching. The supporting actors are better. Delle Bolton, who plays Swan, shows a nice deal of emotion with her body language, and Josh Albee as Caleb is really expressive, and his character is the one I cared the most about. Will Geer is pretty funny, but his character isn't very well-written.Allyn Ann McLerie plays crazy very well, in her few scenes.
The visuals were the best thing on the movie. The locations are some of the best I've ever seen, and I think you can say they are the main element of the story. Without the mountains, the peace and beauty this movie has would disappear. Sidney Pollack's direction is great. His close shots are always lovely, and his wide shots are perfect. Then, there's some great music too. All those songs about Jeremiah sound beautiful and have good lyrics. As I mentioned, I didn't enjoy the dialogs much, but some of them are truly poetic and seem to echo on the mountains. The ending is well done, too. This is not an unmissable movie, but it's very beautiful 7/10
The visuals were the best thing on the movie. The locations are some of the best I've ever seen, and I think you can say they are the main element of the story. Without the mountains, the peace and beauty this movie has would disappear. Sidney Pollack's direction is great. His close shots are always lovely, and his wide shots are perfect. Then, there's some great music too. All those songs about Jeremiah sound beautiful and have good lyrics. As I mentioned, I didn't enjoy the dialogs much, but some of them are truly poetic and seem to echo on the mountains. The ending is well done, too. This is not an unmissable movie, but it's very beautiful 7/10