Remember This? Wind River
Director - Taylor Sheridan
Writer - Taylor Sheridan
Starring - Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen
I'm changing things up a little here. The previous movies I've covered under the Remember This? tag have been terrible looking flops, often times failing spectacularly on such a scale that it is actually kind of impressive that they were quickly forgotten by society. Wind River is not that kind of movie. It is a modest indie hit, raking in $40 million world wide on a $10 million budget. It comes from the writer of Sicario and Hell or High Water, but this time he is stepping into the director's chair and it does compare favourably to those films. Wind River was well received critically as well, not as well as high previous screenplays, but a high 80s RottenTomatoes score and a mid 70s MetaCritic score bode well for this film. It is a well made crime film featuring a fantastic score from Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, expansive snowscapes filmed beautifully by Ben Richardson and features strong acting. It probably won't get nominated for Oscars and other awards, but Hell or High Water got a Best Picture nomination and was only a little more acclaimed.
