Wind River

Although very, very small errors crept in this story it is very true. As someone who lived right off the Wind River Reservation and whose husband worked for the Northern Arapaho tribe (one of three non-native employees) I can say that without a doubt this is what happens too many times on the res there. The natives often live in deplorable conditions but it's not all the other guy's fault either. However, the treatment of women and the disappearance of women, and yes men too, is horrific. There is often no closure. Things are so confusing and convoluted and corrupt that it's no surprise these things happen. We've since moved away but some of the experiences and events will never be gone. I wish that the people there, on and off the res, can find some resolution to the atrocities. It's a beautiful area and everyone should visit the Wind River mountains. It's on most people's way to the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone. Stop at Brooks lake and see the beginning of the Wind River. And the rest of the beauty there. Just don't go up on the res unless you're with a local.

WIND RIVER (2017) **** Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Graham Greene, Jon Bernthal, Julia Jones, Teo Briones, Kelsey Asbille, Tantoo Cardinal, Gil Brimingham. Well-executed slow burner about a murder on a Native American reservation investigated by a rookie FBI agent (Olsen) and a game tracker (Renner in one of his best roles) who find there is more than meets the eye. Filmmaker Taylor Sheridan (in his directorial debut) delivers a taut, intriguing screenplay as the plot unravels with noir precision and canny supporting roles including Greene as a world-weary police chief and Bernthal as a worker whose introduction is shrewdly conceived. One of the year's best films worth seeking out.

FINALLY a movie you can really sink your teeth into and be carried away by. I thought it was excellent and at no time while watching it, was I distracted nor did I grow bored. It is slow and long, but every moment is perfect. Yes, it has been done before, but it has not been done this well for a while now. It is well-written, dramatic, suspenseful and engaging. Watch it.

Jeremy Renner is cool as f***, but that's nothing new. Wind River got good acting and fantastic pictures of raw nature but what it lacks is imo a suspenseful and captivating story, so I wouldn't call Wind River a thriller or a crime/detective story but more kind of drama about loss and being lost spiced up with some hunting and shooting. Not bad, not exceptional, but okay, thanks to the good acting and the great supporting act called nature.