Watched this movie this morning. I'm not the greatest reviewer, so bear with me. This is a "simple slice of life" movie at it's most base level. However the story, the cinematography, and Michelle Williams acting bring it to life. This is a story of a young lady making her way from Muncie, IN to seemingly find work where they need people in Alaska. While there are people in her life, she doesn't feel like she can come to them for help...or perhaps she's not welcome to. Living out of her car with her dog Lucy, the only truly loving relationship in her life, she finds herself in Oregon. The story follows the economic struggle she goes through while her money runs low as she tries to make it to somewhere she can find work, and all the troubles that go along with that. Michelle Williams plays the role beautifully as a social outcast who once seemingly had a normal life and has been driven to dire straights trying to make a better life. You can see the pain and struggle as she has to make increasingly difficult emotional decisions on how to move forward. It's not a very fast paced movie, no sense of extraordinary movie magic...just a stripped down little indie film that you find you can't take your eyes off of. It is engaging and forces you to endure the struggle along with her and not turn away. The descent towards destitution by a character that you can fully identify with and sympathize with makes you recognize that all the homeless people you see today once, most likely, had some semblance of a normal life. It makes you think and it makes you feel...those are two things just about anyone should hope to find in a good, touching movie. It comes recommended if anyone finds themselves with a chance to see it.
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