Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Stephan Hammond It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Beth Cole Wow. If it's not too late, try to go into this one completely blind - no trailers, synopses or reviews. I have never been so drawn in by the hero's tragic flaw than in this movie, and that flaw is casually dropped all over the web. The moment of realization was gut-wrenching. Watched this as part of an Eric Schweig binge and so far it may be his finest performance from the four or five films I've seen. (Graham Greene sort of goes without saying.)

whiteowl_3 I enjoyed this film a lot. So many times are Aboriginal People shown in the Romantic Period (i.e. prairie bareback horse riding, warriors, etc) It may not be Chris' finest edit, but a well thought out film. The actors did their jobs and the film was made on the Pine Ridge Reserve. It shows both ends of the spectrum when it comes to First Natiosn people. Those effected negatively by the modern world, and those who've overcome it's tragedies.Chris Eyre is great at getting at the truth, many people find some of the content offensive, because it touches home. People have said "this happened to my family," and this is because it has. This is real life.

BigLaxFan94 I found this film to be very moving because I loved the way Rudy was being a true vigilante in trying to rid alcohol from his rez! :D Even after the freak accident where Mogie got caught on the roof of that building where Rudy set fire to it, he still continued doing the right thing by trying to banish alcohol from Pine Ridge! :) I really admired him for that. However it was really sad to see Mogie be the complete opposite of the family. Unfortunately while Rudy was a successful cop, Mogie was always a trouble magnet for whatever reason. He was just never as successful and trustworthy as his brother.But I think the real point to this film is how alcohol is still a major problem with many different First Nations across Turtle Island today. Thankfully there are many Native folks out there who refuse to take in such a trashy form of liquids unless of course taken in moderation. However I really don't think Mogie wanted to be just another "statistic" in his own rez. He really was a good person to be with and everything but for some reason or another he was unable to handle his drinking (some Natives can handle it more than others) But he never could. I don't know for sure if he was the only one in his family who drank. But fortunately for Rudy, it never crossed his mind. On a personal note, I will always curse the whites for introducing that crap to the Natives from the time they first set foot on their land like that. I think whites did MORE bad than good for them and I also think they should pay dearly for bringing all those bad things. The unfortunate reality is that they never will because they'll always blame it on Native people themselves for choosing to take in the bad stuff. Well, excuse me here but if the whites would have never introduced the stuff to begin with then all the FN's would have never had a problem with it.....period!! Well........ ANYWAY......... this is why I gave this film a 7 out of 10.

knitmuse2 The atmosphere of the film depicts bleakness and lost of hope for the future for the "red skins". The movie Thunderheart gave the same focus on the decimation of the culture. Only, alcohol is the symbolic destroyer of the family of the people and their disconnection with one another. Our heros in this film manage to keep the family together in spite of the obstacles of alcohol and violence. I highly recommend this film if you are truly interested in the current state of affairs of our indigenous brothers.