Screenwriter and American indie film maker Kelly Reichardt
was responsible for an intelligent western Meeks
Cutoff (2010) and the road movie Old
Joy (2006) a story of friendship, loss and alienation. The movie that
followed this was had a similar ambiance with a minimalist style favoured by
Reichardt and writer Jon Raymond, on whose short story Train Choir, the screenplay for Wendy and Lucy (2008) was
based.
Wendy Carroll is driving to Ketchikan Alaska to find a new
life with her dog Lucy. Travelling with little money she hopes to find work at
the Northwestern Fish cannery. It’s when her car breaks down in Oregon that she
realises the abnormity of her task. She is apprehended for shoplifting at the
local supermarket and while she is in police custody her dog disappears. The
only friendly face turns out to be a security guard who takes pity on our young
waif.
A deep, quite film that says a lot without raising its voice,
it’s sad but rather lovely, a movie where you really pray that everything will
work out for this resourceful young traveller, or will it? Michelle
Williams is faultless as the disenfranchised Wendy, and as in all her roles
completely nails the part. A wee gem that successfully illustrates the
underbelly of middle class America. Unfortunately another example of a movie
that will be forever lost under the deluge of tripe that emanates from a film
industry that most of the time is only looking to make money: Prove them
wrong!!!!
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