Montana Story

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I wont give a review since youve read the others, but i will say i love these types of movies where ordinary people are just trying to live their lives whatever circumstances confront them. I dont find them boring at all since i love realistic movies and hardly ever waste my time or money for what makes money at the box office. This is a movie that stayed with me for days after and ive watched it more than once. Ive even bought the dvd. It really moved me and made me hope the brother and sister will become family again and renew their love for each other since they are all they have left. I know its only a movie but still thats how it affected me.

I saw Montana Story, starring Haley Lu Richardson-Split, The Bronze; Owen Teague-The Stand_tv, the new It movies_2017 & 2019 and Gilbert Owuor-Goliath_tv, The Young and the Restless_tv. This is a story about a brother and sister-in their 20's-that come home to see their father after he has suffered a stroke and is on life support. Owen and Haley are the brother & sister that left their Montana home about 7 years earlier under bad terms with the father-he was abusive to both of them but more so to Haley. Gilbert is the hospice nurse taking care of the father on the farm that is deep in debt. Lots of mixed feelings between just about everybody, except for poor old Gilbert, who is caught in the middle. Haley is mad at her father for what he did to her and at Owen, for what he didn't do-mainly, stopping the abuse. Owen is mad at his father and also at himself-because he didn't do something to stop his father from hurting Haley. And, with their father dying, they both are bouncing back and forth between being angry and glad. It's just an emotional roller coaster. It's rated R for language and has a running time of 1 hour & 54 minutes. It's not one that I would buy on DVD or even rent. If you are interested in seeing it, I would wait until it comes to tv.

The first 3/4 were beautiful and enchanting. The rest of it was glorified patricide. Yes, we finally got rid of the old man, let's run free with the horses. What the father did was wrong no question, the fact that this movie thinks it's ok to suffocate him in a weak state is despicable. It's wrong legally - an extra-judicial killing, murder that NO plausible formal cover was even provided, while Ace answered all the questions honestly - and, of course, this murder is wrong morally. I lived in Montana and most people I've met were very pro-family and would not get on board with this "Montana Story". I would give 9/10 for cinematography, but the obscene twisted "moral" of cowardly murdering your incapacitated father in this movie is too much, no.

Great premise and wonderfully shot. The acting, however, I found stilted and wooden. I fully expected to ugly-cry throughout this story but I was unable to connect with the primary characters. The supporting cast was strong and, again, the cinematography was fantastic. The script could have done with far less exposition and the primary backstory would have been better delivered through a series of flashbacks. In other words, please don't tell me what happened unless the way you are going to tell me is better than the way you could show me. In this case Owen Teague's delivery fell quite flat. Beautiful shots of big sky country and Asivak Koostachin was absolutely stellar.

Acting is ok but the story is not that new. In fact the story could be worse. But this low budget film is watchable and has it's good points (even though some dimwit did leave out plucking the chicken). Moving on... the characters are believable and and the inclusion of Native Americans is refreshing.

I wish they had been more realistic in regards to ranch life. I found it distracting. The horse has arthritis and they have a "sprawling" ranch. But not only is he always in his stall even in his stall he's tied up. Why? Seems like if nothing else you'd turn him out on pasture to keep him moving (joints) as well as not having to clean stalls and feed/water him all the time when you have to take care of dying person and selling the ranch. Same with the chicken butchering. How many chickens does it take to play a dead chicken? Why does the chicken's feathering change from barred to different color barred to solid brown. Super weird.

Between its sweeping wide shots of the landscape and its intimate look into family relationships riddled with trauma, "Montana Story" is a force to be reckoned with. A love story to Montana, a love story to family and all its complications - do yourself a favor and check it out!

They both killed their father, what's the message from this? Ok, we accept that their father did something bad to them. Now, where is that sympathy and forgiveness? For me both of them are a killer plus the nurse.

I liked it but certainly a bit slow. There wasn't enough of the backstory and not a movie for everyone. I gave it a 7 rating, but I think it could have been better.