Just came back from seeing 'Meek's Cutoff'....overall a great movie experience. Three families of settlers hire a guide to take them through the Oregon trail, but he gets them lost. With water running out they capture a native and struggle whether to trust him to lead them to water. It's a slow mover, completely devoid of robots and explosions, not for the ADD crowd. If you like movies with long scenes where, on the surface nothing is really happening then you might be able to give this the proper attention. With the right amount of patience, and an equal love of desert landscape and subtlety it'll leave you wanting more. Michelle Williams is brilliant at conveying a wide range of emotion with little dialogue, I smell an Oscar.
The only hitch in this settler movie is Meek, the guide with questionable morality and a little too much confidence in his ability. I couldn't stop thinking he reminded me of legendary anchorman, Ron Burgundy...only with a beard. He looked, walked and talked like him so much that it almost ruined an otherwise perfect film.
This movie also has a great ending, connecting the viewer to the thirsty settlers...putting you in their shoes deciding who to put your trust in.
Highly recommended despite lack of robots.
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