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Certain Women

2016 · 1h 47m · R Drama
Directed by Kelly Reichardt

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Overview

Three strong-willed women strive to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American Northwest: a lawyer forced to subdue a troubled client; a wife and mother whose plans to construct her dream home reveal fissures in her marriage; and a lonely ranch hand who forms an ambiguous bond with a young law student.

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93%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Certain Women is a film where a missed opportunity to connect, or a brief, surprising flash of empathy, feels crucial enough to pore over days after seeing it.

David Sims, The Atlantic
Fresh

"Certain Women" requires patience from the viewer and isn't for anyone, but it's a film of quiet and lingering beauty.

Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh

Beautifully filmed and performed - the opening sequence using mirrors and doorframes to fuse the torsos of two characters to form a whole - is stunning, but in the end, the overall concept left me in the dark.

Scott Marks, San Diego Reader
Fresh

It's a tiptoe of a movie, but it's as elegant and graceful as the vast Montana landscape.

Adam Graham, Detroit News
Fresh

Reichardt lets her flawed, enigmatic heroines be, allowing them to keep struggling, persevering and relishing what can sometimes pass for tiny victories.

Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

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