10s Movie Review - Certain Women

Director: Kelly Reichardt
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 107 minutes
Year: 2016
Starring: Michelle Williams, Laura Dern, Kristen Stewart, Jared Harris, James Le Gros, John Getz

Description: The lives of three women intersect in small-town America, where each is imperfectly blazing a trail.

Review: The American drama film “Certain Women” is about three Montana women who are intentionally and unintentionally connected. Three women, three stories. One is a lawyer who has a difficult client. The other a woman who gets into an argument with her husband over the purchase of a piece of land and the las is a woman who works on a horse ranch and takes lessons from an attorney. All are connected, but how.

“Certain Women” divides opinions. Some though it was three disconnected storylines and other see three stories with the same kind of message. Feminism at its finest. Yes, the threads were very thin between the stories, but they were there. In addition, the visuals were raw and unadorned.

The fact remains that “Certain Women” didn’t live up to my high expectations. It did not convince, too bad, because the acting is very good. A little more emotion and more connections would have done the film good.

Rating: 3/ 5

Movie Trailer Sunday (258)

Here are this week's trailers.

Certain Women
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Description: The lives of three women intersect in small-town America, where each is imperfectly blazing a trail.
Starring: Michelle Williams, Laura Dern, Kristen Stewart, Jared Harris
Trailer: Trailer "Certain Women"
Comment: A film filled with strong actresses.

Colatteral Beauty
Director: David Frankel
Description: A tragic event sends a New York ad man on a downward spiral.
Starring: Will Smith, Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, Edward Norton, Kate Winslet, Naomie Harris, Michael Peña
Trailer: Trailer "Collateral Beauty"
Comment: Looks beautiful.

Live by Night
Director: Ben Affleck
Description: A story set in the Prohibition Era and centered around a group of individuals and their dealings in the world of organized crime.
Starring: Ben Affleck, Scott Eastwood, Zoe Saldana, Sienna Miller, Chris Cooper, Elle Fanning, Chris Mesina, Anthony Michael Hall, Titus Welliver
Trailer: Trailer "Live by Night"
Comment: I'm not a fan of actor Ben Affleck, but director Ben Affleck is strong. This can go either way.

Gold
Director: Stephen Caghan
Description: An unlikely pair venture to the Indonesian jungle in search of gold.
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Bryce Dallas Howard, Toby Kebbell, Edgar Ramirez, Rachael Taylor, Corey Stoll, Bruce Greenwood, Stacy Keach, Bill Camp
Trailer: Trailer "Gold"
Comment: I probably won't like these characters.

Free Fire
Director: Ben Wheatley
Description: Set in Boston in 1978, a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two gangs turns into a shootout and a game of survival.
Starring: Sharlto Copely, Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy, Armie Hammer
Trailer: Trailer "Free Fire"
Comment: This looks like so much fun!