Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema

The first 45 minutes are alright.  After that point, it's a struggle ....

The art of story telling about ordinary lives

Entrancing and atmospheric in unexpected ways

law offices at 116 Callender St. and 110 B South St.

Michelle Williams and Lucy in Wendy and Lucy (2008)

Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning, and Peter Sarsgaard in Night Moves (2013)

Michelle Williams in Meek's Cutoff (2010)

Lisa Donaldson and Larry Fessenden in River of Grass (1994)

Rafael Francisco, Walter Vincent, Jeremy Profe, and Gabriel Francisco in The Lennon Report (2016)

Laura Dern, Kristen Stewart, Michelle Williams, and Lily Gladstone in Certain Women (2016)

It'd be so lovely to think that if I were a man I could explain the law and people would listen and say, "Okay."

Michelle Williams in Certain Women (2016)

Kelly Reichardt, Kristen Stewart, and Lily Gladstone at an event for Certain Women (2016)

James Le Gros, Jared Harris, Kelly Reichardt, Kristen Stewart, James Jordan, Sara Twist, and Lily Gladstone at an event for Certain Women (2016)

Michelle Williams

Kristen Stewart

Laura Dern

Kelly Reichardt

Maile Meloy

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

Certain Women

A slow drama that fails to fully engage

It doesn&apos;t seem as though indie darling Kelly Reichardt will be changing her directing tact anytime soon.

Becoming well known for her intimate, slow-moving and character driven character studies (that more often than not star Michelle Williams), Reichardt&apos;s film aren&apos;t for everyone but there is often a quiet power to Reichardt&apos;s stories that can&apos;t be denied.

Hitting a peak with lost dog drama Wendy and Lucy and losing her way with the sleep inducing female driven western Meek&apos;s Cutoff, Certain Women is middle of the road Reichardt that see&apos;s the Florida born filmmaker examine the lives of 3 separate women in the American state of Montana, each going through their own various journey&apos;s in this great big world.

There&apos;s barely an ounce of character development or backstory as we&apos;re thrust into these women&apos;s everyday lives, from Laura Dern&apos;s lawyer Laura dealings with Jared Harris&apos;s potentially dangerous client Fuller, Michelle William&apos;s hardworking mother and wife Gina and Lily Gladstone&apos;s The Rancher&apos;s strange fondness for Kristin Stewart&apos;s class instructor Elizabeth and while these women&apos;s stories are intriguing to a sense, there&apos;s never a good enough set-up or reward to truly make this intertwining story truly memorable.

As per usual with a Reichardt film, Certain Women looks great in a quietly poetic way and the acting is universally good, without ever delivering any big character moments or situations for Reichardt&apos;s cast to shine at their brightest levels but it&apos;s hard to fully invest yourself into a film that feels rather emotionally cold and a problem that sometimes manifests itself in such narrative structures, some of Certain Women&apos;s most interesting plot points seem to end as we&apos;re thrust back into another characters life, making us feel as though we&apos;re being a little ripped off by a story that had more to give us.

Final Say – 

Reichardt&apos;s ponderous and deliberately paced drama will be a treat for her small yet passionate fan base while for the rest of us, Certain Women is a well-intentioned and finely acted drama that never hooks us into its world in a way that would&apos;ve made it more readily accessible and easily recommendable.

2 ½ short-legged farm dogs out of 5

Set against the Big Sky backdrop of southern Montana and reflecting both the immense scope and profound stillness of its setting, &apos;Certain Women&apos; examines the moments both large and small that make up the lives of strong, independent women looking for ways to understand and shape the world around them.

Official Trailer

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It doesn't seem as though indie darling Kelly Reichardt will be changing her directing tact anytime soon.

Becoming well known for her intimate, slow-moving and character driven character studies (that more often than not star Michelle Williams), Reichardt's film aren't for everyone but there is often a quiet power to Reichardt's stories that can't be denied.

Hitting a peak with lost dog drama Wendy and Lucy and losing her way with the sleep inducing female driven western Meek's Cutoff, Certain Women is middle of the road Reichardt that see's the Florida born filmmaker examine the lives of 3 separate women in the American state of Montana, each going through their own various journey's in this great big world.

There's barely an ounce of character development or backstory as we're thrust into these women's everyday lives, from Laura Dern's lawyer Laura dealings with Jared Harris's potentially dangerous client Fuller, Michelle William's hardworking mother and wife Gina and Lily Gladstone's The Rancher's strange fondness for Kristin Stewart's class instructor Elizabeth and while these women's stories are intriguing to a sense, there's never a good enough set-up or reward to truly make this intertwining story truly memorable.

As per usual with a Reichardt film, Certain Women looks great in a quietly poetic way and the acting is universally good, without ever delivering any big character moments or situations for Reichardt's cast to shine at their brightest levels but it's hard to fully invest yourself into a film that feels rather emotionally cold and a problem that sometimes manifests itself in such narrative structures, some of Certain Women's most interesting plot points seem to end as we're thrust back into another characters life, making us feel as though we're being a little ripped off by a story that had more to give us.

Final Say – 

Reichardt's ponderous and deliberately paced drama will be a treat for her small yet passionate fan base while for the rest of us, Certain Women is a well-intentioned and finely acted drama that never hooks us into its world in a way that would've made it more readily accessible and easily recommendable.

2 ½ short-legged farm dogs out of 5

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