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A Balasaur Score of 80 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 95%, Metacritic 90/100. Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 89% of the 6,648 2020s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
In the 1820s, a taciturn loner and skilled cook travels west to Oregon Territory, where he meets a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two team up on a dangerous scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner’s prized Jersey cow—the first, and only, in the territory.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Metacritic90/100
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
559 audience votes
Key crew
- Kelly ReichardtDirector
- Kelly ReichardtScreenplay
- William TylerOriginal Music Composer
- Jonathan RaymondScreenplay
Cast
- John MagaroCookie
- Orion LeeKing-Lu
- Toby JonesChief Factor
- Ewen BremnerLloyd
- Scott ShepherdCaptain
- Gary FarmerTotillicum
- Lily GladstoneChief Factor’s Wife
- Alia ShawkatWoman with Dog
- Dylan SmithTrapper Jack
- Ryan FindleyTrapper Dame
- Manuel RodriguezTrapper Bill
- Patrick D. GreenRussian Trapper
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Themes
immigrantbased on novel or bookfur trappingoregon, usa19th centurybiscuitsbuddy filmcowwesterncook1820s
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