self-indulgent racist drivel

Rating: 2/10 (18 November 2006)

This film gets a rating of 2 only because of the visuals, which are quite stunning. Otherwise, I wouldn't recommend this film to my worst enemy.
The acting is forced and the lack of dialog is simply irritating. The story is told through a series of mental reflections that are really just annoying. The film moves so slow that one feels like it is happening in real time, and it fails at engaging the audience to the point the we are really not disturbed by any of the bad things that happen to any of the characters.
The worst part about this movie, however, is it portrayal of American Indians as ape-like hooting creatures who run around in loin cloths. I thought that we were past all of this in the country, but sadly this film only reinforces the colonialist stereotypes regarding indigenous American cultures.
As a scholar of American Indian culture, which I am, I was incredibly offended by this piece of self-indulgent crap.
Don't waste a dime on this film.