This an authentic performance by all - especially the son and daughter of their dying comatose father. We feel the tensions between the two siblings at the very onset of the film. The issues underlying their relationship are revealed to us slowly and in layers. We feel them probing each other.
Many films like this would be tempted to go over the top with some cathartic explosion. What we do get is a very nuanced performance, with an ending that is at least somewhat of a conciliation between them. All the characters come off as real and not caricatures. Its' masterful story-telling with a Montana backdrop.
Many films like this would be tempted to go over the top with some cathartic explosion. What we do get is a very nuanced performance, with an ending that is at least somewhat of a conciliation between them. All the characters come off as real and not caricatures. Its' masterful story-telling with a Montana backdrop.