Overview
- Limited U.S. theatrical release begins Nov. 7 with a streaming debut on Netflix set for Nov. 21.
- Joel Edgerton’s portrayal of Robert Grainier is widely hailed as a career best in early reviews.
- Clint Bentley directs and co-writes with Greg Kwedar, adapting Denis Johnson’s novella, with Will Patton providing narration and a cast led by Felicity Jones, William H. Macy, Kerry Condon, and Clifton Collins Jr.
- Critics praise Adolpho Veloso’s nature-focused cinematography and Bryce Dessner’s score, noting stylistic kinship with Terrence Malick and Kelly Reichardt.
- The decades-spanning drama unfolds in the Pacific Northwest as it contemplates technological change, personal loss, and America’s harsher histories, with location work in Washington and Idaho highlighted.