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Movie Review: Meek’s Cutoff – Metro US

Movie Review: Meek’s Cutoff


Meek’s Cutoff

Genre: Drama
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Stars: Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood

Rating: *****

Despite not being a household name, Kelly Reichardt is an excellent choice for the New Auteurs series at TIFF Bell Lightbox: her four features evince a subtle, precise artistic sensibility. Meek’s Cutoff, a fact-based account of a misbegotten wagon train in 19th century Oregon, is her best work to date — a totally convincing period piece that’s also a piercing and provocative contemporary political metaphor.