This one is a reminder of the many parts it takes to make a good movie. And, that a miss on a part often results in "a miss is as good as a mile."
Here the story is a good one and well worth telling. It has substance of content that the vast majority of movies today can't touch. Men engaging in the passing art of rodeoing and the toughness that takes, and the toll it often extracts.
The cinematography is also well done. It does a good (not great) job of capturing the rough, and beautiful, country the rodeoers inhabit. Worth the price of admission alone.
However, the acting is basic level and the story telling is slow to the point of snoozing. The plot, while full of drama on its own, still misses the kind of dramatic devices most really good drama movies incorporate. It was more like a day in the life kind of device than a major motion picture.
A day in the life of Americana worth seeing in a place worth seeing. Lives that are dramatic in their own low key struggle sort of way. Expect that going in and you can enjoy this movie for what it is. Expect a Hollywoodish drama, with skilled actors conveying a storyline full of dramatic plot devices... and you probably won't.
Here the story is a good one and well worth telling. It has substance of content that the vast majority of movies today can't touch. Men engaging in the passing art of rodeoing and the toughness that takes, and the toll it often extracts.
The cinematography is also well done. It does a good (not great) job of capturing the rough, and beautiful, country the rodeoers inhabit. Worth the price of admission alone.
However, the acting is basic level and the story telling is slow to the point of snoozing. The plot, while full of drama on its own, still misses the kind of dramatic devices most really good drama movies incorporate. It was more like a day in the life kind of device than a major motion picture.
A day in the life of Americana worth seeing in a place worth seeing. Lives that are dramatic in their own low key struggle sort of way. Expect that going in and you can enjoy this movie for what it is. Expect a Hollywoodish drama, with skilled actors conveying a storyline full of dramatic plot devices... and you probably won't.