Both a thrilling, engrossing story and an important story about the most overlooked group in America

Rating: 8/10 (1 May 2018)

I am very impressed by the delivery of Wind River. Taylor Sheridan just knows how to write a really solid movie, and the acting performances and cinematography are very good. While it is categorically a mystery and has a particularly thrilling final act, at its core Wind River is a story of loss, family, the West, and Native Americans. It delivers emotional blows genuinely through Renner and the family he speaks to. The movie considered the traditional Western survival story in an intelligent new manner, by combining the difficulty of Native American life and rights with the perspective of family and specifically parents. Nothing groundbreaking, just a very intelligent and well-made movie that is very worth a watch.