But I mean that in the best possible way. Wind River is basically The Silence of the Lambs in the snow. Well, I'm now officially on board anything that Sheridan does moving forward (he also penned Sicario, and its upcoming sequel), as Wind River held me in its icy grip and delivered a staggeringly grim but satisfying conclusion to a difficult story.

Lord knows why I waited so long, especially because writer-director Taylor Sheridan's Hell or High Water made my Top 5 last year. This is a perfect family movie.It took me months to catch up with Wind River, because its distribution never reached the levels enjoyed by major-studio releases. I had a great and enjoyable time with it. Great job man! Once again he made me care about the characters and he portrayed them beautifully specially the kids. He was exactly as I imagined him while reading the Book. Julia Roberts is excellent and Owen Wilson was great. You won't recognize him because of the makeup but his expressions, voice and eyes were really persuasive. Jacob Tremblay proves again his talent as an actor. The movie has strong messages about kindness, love, appreciating everyone for who they are and true friendship. Everything was simple, clear and on point.

Some details were changed in the movie but were good changes and there are some details from the book I hoped the movie to show it and it didn't but that didn't affect the movie in a negative way. Also, knowing the story from the perspective of certain characters made a strong connection between me and them. The way he describes everything is so beautiful.

It was so wonderful to see and feel everything through him. I was fully sympathized with August Pullman. We Need this type of movies nowadays! It is an emotional, funny & uplifting story.

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