Stars: Michelle Williams, Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern
Storyline
Certain Women drops us into a handful of intersecting lives across Montana. A lawyer (
Writers: Maile Meloy, Kelly Reichardt, Michelle Williams, Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, Kristen Stewart, Michelle Williams, Laura Dern, Jared Harris, James Le Gros, Rene Auberjonois, John Getz, Lily Gladstone, Edelen McWilliams, Ashlie Atkinson, James Jordan, Sara Rodier, Matt McTighe, Zena Dell Lowe, Gabriel Clark, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Cast: Kristen Stewart -
Beth Travis
Michelle Williams -
Gina Lewis
Laura Dern -
Laura Wells
Jared Harris -
Fuller
James Le Gros -
Ryan Lewis
Rene Auberjonois -
Albert
John Getz -
George Rowles
Lily Gladstone -
Jamie
Edelen McWilliams -
Fuller's Wife
Ashlie Atkinson -
Patty
James Jordan -
Mac
Sara Rodier -
Guthrie Lewis
Matt McTighe -
Tommy Carroll
Zena Dell Lowe -
Diner Waitress
Gabriel Clark -
Tall Man Teacher
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 3 Jan 2016
Filming Locations: Montana, USA
Technical Specs
Runtime:
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This film marks the third collaboration between Michelle Williams and Kelly Reichardt. The previous were Wendy and Lucy (2008) and Meek's Cutoff (2010). See more »
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Rating: 6/10
The story is split between three characters. There is Laura Wells
(Laura Dern) who is a lawyer for this man named Will Fuller (Jared
Harris) who is just a miserable man thanks to a work accident.
Alongside her is Gina Lewis (Michelle Williams) who is a woman who,
with her husband, owns a company and they are trying to acquire
sandstone from a man named Albert (Rene Auberjonois). Lastly, there is
Jamie (Lily Gladstone) and Beth (Kristen Stewart).
Jamie is a young woman who takes care of horses, keeps to herself, and
doesn't seem to have much in the way of friends. Beth is a young woman
who is a lawyer who, through reasons not fully explained, ends up
teaching a class on school law in the town Jamie works in. Jamie enjoys
her company and Beth mostly is just cordial.
Highlights
I think every now and then a person should really see a movie which
isn't trying to be over the top with the dramatics. For a lack of a
better way of putting it, it cleans your palate. It helps you
appreciate the lives people live, whether characters or real people,
and how even the one or two odd connections we have can mean so much to
someone.
For whether it is Laura and Will, Gina and Albert, or Jamie and Beth,
one of the things this film highlights is one-half of each set being
lonely and may not outright say they are craving attention,
camaraderie, or someone to listen, but their actions speak volumes.
Mind you, not to the point of crying or bawling your eyes out, but
without anything being over the top, it pushes you to really pay
attention to find something to grasp onto.
Low Points
With that said, this film was honestly boring as hell. I can try to
make it seem like more than it is by speaking on how it focuses on the
loneliness of life in parts of Montana but, at the end of the day,
everyone is a square peg. For while Will can be slightly erratic,
demanding, and likes reminding you how much of a victim he is, no one
is really trying to engage him. They talk to him, but there aren't any
passionate speeches or stories which make you care about what is going
on in his life.
Same goes for everyone else. Albert is old and seemingly coming to the
beginning of that point where he may need someone to check on him every
now and then. Then with Jamie, she is a nice quiet girl who needs a
friend that isn't a farm animal. Each story is sad in its own way and
may make you think how luckily you are to have the connections you do
have, but everything is so subtle and subdued that I think the appeal
will be limited.
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