Songs My Brothers Taught Me
2015, Drama, 1h 41m
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A naturalistic drama that quietly earns its emotional resonance, Songs My Brothers Taught Me further establishes writer-director Chloé Zhao as a gifted filmmaker and empathetic storyteller. Read critic reviews
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Lisa Winters
Dakota FIre Thunder
Cat Clifford
Jorge Iron Bear
Aurelia Clifford
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A moseying tour of life on the Lakota reservation, circa right now: the empty beauty of the badlands, the ancient struggle with alcohol, and the persistent push of youth to make good and make sense of a bad old world that somehow keeps hope alive.
April 7, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… -
The slow-paced film includes all the expected social themes - drinking, poverty, broken families. Where Zhao excels is in the range of emotions she gets from a mostly nonprofessional cast.
March 3, 2016 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review… -
The restrained performances and luscious location photography are enough to make this a film worth exploring, though it might not be a bad idea to down a few caffeine-rich drinks before settling in to watch.
March 2, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… -
An earnest, smartly mounted film about life on a present-day reservation.
March 2, 2016 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review… -
Viewers will be torn between admiring its laid-back naturalism and wishing it possessed just a little more oomph.
March 2, 2016 | Rating: B- | Full Review… -
Because her laissez-faire approach makes little effort to fit the fragmentary scenes into a tidy portrait of reservation life, "Songs My Brothers Taught Me" feels more authentic than if she had chosen to impose a tighter structure.
March 1, 2016 | Full Review…
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