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A Balasaur Score of 81 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 93%, Metacritic 88/100. Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 91% of the 6,685 2020s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Netflix.
Synopsis
A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Metacritic88/100
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
1,168 audience votes
Key crew
- Clint BentleyDirector
- Bryce DessnerOriginal Music Composer
- Clint BentleyScreenplay
- Greg KwedarScreenplay
Cast
- Joel EdgertonRobert Grainier
- Felicity JonesGladys Grainier
- Nathaniel ArcandIgnatius Jack
- Clifton Collins Jr.Boomer
- John DiehlBilly
- Paul SchneiderApostle Frank
- Kerry CondonClaire Thompson
- William H. MacyArn Peeples
- Will PattonNarrator (voice)
- Alfred HsingFu Sheng
- David Paul OlsenToomis
- John Patrick LowrieMr. Sears
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Themes
husband wife relationshipbased on novel or bookslice of lifelumberjackloggerrailroad workerpacific northwestpoetic
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