The Rider (2017)
Starring Brady Jandreau, Tim Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau, Cat Clifford, Terri Dawn Pourier, Lane Scott, Tanner Langdeau, James Calhoon, Derrick Janis, Greg Barber, Steven DeWolfe, Leroy Pourier, Frank Steele
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Once a rising star of the rodeo circuit, and a gifted horse trainer, young cowboy Brady is warned that his riding days are over, after a horse crushed his skull at a rodeo. Back home on the Pine Ridge Reservation, with little desire or alternatives for a different way of life, Bradys sense of inadequacy mounts as he is unable to ride or rodeo the essentials of being a cowboy. In an attempt to regain control of his own fate, Brady undertakes a search for new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.
My review · Reviewed 08/25/2018
This film might not be the best that I've ever seen. However it is absolutely among the most extraordinary that I have ever seen (there is a difference). About 20 minutes in I was thinking that maybe the movie would not live up to all of the hype. There is a point in the film not long after that where it all clicks in and I see where it is all going. At that point I fell in and trusted that I was in good hands.
What might be the most amazing part of this .... experience.... is that I can't imagine how the director found this story and knew enough to use non-actors to tell it. If she tries to make this with actors it ends up being an after-school movie. Amazing.