Overview
- Major outlets publishing on Nov. 6 praise Joel Edgerton’s restrained, career-highlight performance as Robert Grainier.
- Netflix will give the film a limited theatrical run starting Nov. 7 before streaming begins on Nov. 21.
- Clint Bentley adapts Denis Johnson’s novella with extensive voiceover by Will Patton that guides the film’s memory-like structure.
- Critics single out Adolpho Veloso’s cinematography and Bryce Dessner’s score, with frequent comparisons to Terrence Malick and a boxy 3:2 frame.
- Felicity Jones, William H. Macy, Kerry Condon, Clifton Collins Jr., and Paul Schneider round out the cast, with filming on location in Washington and Idaho and an end-credits song co-written by Nick Cave.