Certain Women

Perhaps the worst movie I have seen. Granted there is a great cast of interesting actors, which piqued my interest and is the primary the reason I had higher expectations and was so disappointed. However, it's not the acting that makes this movie terrible, the acting is fine. It's the story line, or lack thereof, that makes this movie a real dud. What was the point? Three loosely connected stories featuring women with mundane lives. There is no sound track, the cinematography is bleak and mediocre, the character development is practically non-existent and the ending leaves you flat and empty feeling. It truly was a waste of $12 and 2 hours of my time. With the myriad of movies to choose from, do yourself a favor and pick something else.

This trilogy feels like a film school end of term project. Nice try and some good shots, but if you want to get paid... Might get an academy award if there was one for "three slices of boring lives." MY GF and I searched long and hard and after significant stretching decided the theme here might be lawyers get involved with strange, lonely people and need a lot of discipline to detach from those who cannot be helped and sometimes, especially women, they are stuck to their tar baby clients... Though it's not clear the one certain woman is a lawyer, she might be. This will have great value for film students as a lesson in how to make a nicely shot movie that goes nowhere. Take note of the "camera attached in and out of moving car or truck" shots with good audio, kids. ###

Firstly, the performances of every cast member were second to none. For the women: I used to call Kristen Stewart "One Face" as she never has any animation at all. Yet she handles a variety of roles with professional aplomb mixed with humility. She doesn't disappoint in this. Michelle Williams is as awesome as ever. Laura Dern for the first time in my life made me believe in her role. Lily Gladstone is amazing. She reminded me so much of Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone. I think we'll see a lot more of her in the future. For the men: Rene Auberjonois was unrecognisable and DS9 does not follow him here. He's detached and dedicated to the role. Jared Harris is as convincing as you'd expect him to be and even has some of his fathers mannerisms. In the hostage scene it's very apparent. James leGros of course can't do anything wrong in my eyes and I'd be surprised if he did. Him and Michelle Williams made a perfect couple and it was joyous watching them. The reason I watched the film to the end was a joy in watching a combination of them all, especially Lily Gladstone. The reason I enjoyed the film was because of their fabulous performances, especially with so little to get their teeth into. The reason I'll remember it was Rene Auberjonois, Michelle Williams and Lily Gladstone all performing fine, memorable roles. The reason I will never watch it again, nor recommend it to anyone unless they want to see dedicated performances outside the Hollywood glitterati school of acting, is that the stories themselves were weak and depth less. With the exception of the Gladstone/Stewart story I was not entertained by the stories, only by the acting and the cinematography which I think was understatedly excellent. Gladstone and Stewart made the film, and I desperately wanted Stewart/Travis to turn up at the end and look over the split door as Gladstone/Jamie mucked out the horses. I was actually slightly disappointed she didn't. If you love great acting and bouts of great cinematography watch it. If you love any of the cast then watch it. If you love a good story, don't waste your time.

Kelly Reichardt has created yet another nuanced and heart-wrenching masterpiece, this time based on Montana writer Maile Meloy's short stories. Weaving together four reserved women's lives in Livingston, Montana may not sound like the kind of film that could climb its way into your innermost guts and set up a campfire; But that is exactly what this revelatory film did for me. Reichardt's all-star cast members give some of their greatest recent performances, led by Laura Dern as a lovelorn lawyer, Michelle Williams as a persistent progressive parent, and Kristen Stewart as an obliviously motivated 20-something. But it's astounding newcomer Lily Gladstone who humbly steals the show, as a hard-working rancher. I must say that watching someone riding a horse has truly never been such a romantic experience in all my cinematic life. Like all of Kelly Reichardt's previous treasures — OLD JOY (2006), WENDY & LUCY (2008), MEEK'S CUTOFF (2010), NiGHT MOVES (2013) — her understanding of classic American cinema is boundless, allowing her to re-envision those stories and images, breathing her very particular brand of stoic yearning into each and every gesture. Review is from my 2016 Sundance Film Festival wrap up at www.48hills.org

This movie has great actors and was playing at Amerst Cinema which usually shows only very good films, many independent. However, I feel compelled to say this is not a movie worth paying to see in the theater. It watches like a hastily finished school film project. It had no real storyline, just slice of life stuff that wasn't really too interesting. Maybe I'm not as sophisticated as some film people but I'd guess at least 9 out of 10 people who watch this film won't enjoy it at all and those few that claim they did will do so only because they think it makes some sort of deep point but, if given truth serum no one would or could actually claim to have been entertained. As an aside, it also makes the wonderful state of Montanna seem like a terrible place, which it's not! Anyway, wait for Netflix because this is not worth paying your hard earned money to see - trust me!

Seen at the Viennale 2016: Definitely a wasted luxury to work with so talented actresses just to finish with a meditative piece of filmed daily routine in US hometowns. Why did Kelly Reichardt not go the whole way to get authentic realistic footage? And simple shoot pictures of some real people in an US hometown? A documentary with real people would produce even a more honest picture of daily routine. There was really no need to take the lifetime of top-notch actresses for this. Apart from that I must admit, Kristen Stewart is a really treat to watch on the big screen. I wonder, why do some people have such an extraordinary aura?...

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This is for sure the worst film I ever see in my entire live. I never wrote a review before, but this film is so awful that i couldn't allow that some other people that wants to see this film (this is not a film), watch this film! Be advised that is boring, stupid, no-sense and a complete lose of time. DON'T WATCH THIS! But if you want to see something completely different that an movie, that is for you. This has no history, the scenes are very, very, very and very slow, no persons in this FILM have a bound with any others. The only thing that is not fully boring in the photography, but not make this film enjoyable. Like i said before RUN from this film, otherwise you will regret.

Firstly, the performances of every cast member were second to none. For the women: I used to call Kristen Stewart "One Face" as she never has any animation at all. Yet she handles a variety of roles with professional aplomb mixed with humility. She doesn't disappoint in this. Michelle Williams is as awesome as ever. Laura Dern for the first time in my life made me believe in her role. Lily Gladstone is amazing. She reminded me so much of Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone. I think we'll see a lot more of her in the future. For the men: Rene Auberjonois was unrecognisable and DS9 does not follow him here. He's detached and dedicated to the role. Jared Harris is as convincing as you'd expect him to be and even has some of his fathers mannerisms. In the hostage scene it's very apparent. James leGros of course can't do anything wrong in my eyes and I'd be surprised if he did. Him and Michelle Williams made a perfect couple and it was joyous watching them. The reason I watched the film to the end was a joy in watching a combination of them all, especially Lily Gladstone. The reason I enjoyed the film was because of their fabulous performances, especially with so little to get their teeth into. The reason I'll remember it was Rene Auberjonois, Michelle Williams and Lily Gladstone all performing fine, memorable roles. The reason I will never watch it again, nor recommend it to anyone unless they want to see dedicated performances outside the Hollywood glitterati school of acting, is that the stories themselves were weak and depth less. With the exception of the Gladstone/Stewart story I was not entertained by the stories, only by the acting and the cinematography which I think was understatedly excellent. Gladstone and Stewart made the film, and I desperately wanted Stewart/Travis to turn up at the end and look over the split door as Gladstone/Jamie mucked out the horses. I was actually slightly disappointed she didn't. If you love great acting and bouts of great cinematography watch it. If you love any of the cast then watch it. If you love a good story, don't waste your time.

This trilogy feels like a film school end of term project. Nice try and some good shots, but if you want to get paid... Might get an academy award if there was one for "three slices of boring lives." MY GF and I searched long and hard and after significant stretching decided the theme here might be lawyers get involved with strange, lonely people and need a lot of discipline to detach from those who cannot be helped and sometimes, especially women, they are stuck to their tar baby clients... Though it's not clear the one certain woman is a lawyer, she might be. This will have great value for film students as a lesson in how to make a nicely shot movie that goes nowhere. Take note of the "camera attached in and out of moving car or truck" shots with good audio, kids. ###