Bitterbrush

Name: Bitterbrush
Genre: Documentary
Released: June 17, 2022
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 79
Cast: Colie Moline, Hollyn Patterson

2022

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Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: June 17, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Colie Moline, Hollyn Patterson

Summary: In the remote and rugged mountains of the American West, two young women contemplate the future as they work alone herding cattle.

Director: Emelie Coleman Mahdavian

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 90 min

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Nicolas Rapold

Jun 16, 2022

In following two young women employed as range riders in Idaho, the film presents its own modern-day picture of hard work and camaraderie. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Peter Sobczynski

Jun 17, 2022

Despite my ostensible disinterest in the subject at hand, I found myself mesmerized by this spare, affecting, and powerfully humane work that may seem quiet and reserved, but which ends up packing a surprisingly powerful emotional punch by the end. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Jun 15, 2022

Don’t go into the immersive, observational documentary “Bitterbrush” looking for profound insights or roiling conflict but rather a captivating and meditative look at two intrepid young women surviving — and seasonally thriving — in a traditionally male-dominated field: cattle herding. Read full review

IndieWire Kristen Lopez

Sep 18, 2021

With Bitterbrush, Mahdavian announces herself as a filmmaker with a keen eye for capturing the contradictions and complexities of outsider women’s lives. Read full review

Martin Tsai

Jun 15, 2022

Bitterbrush director Emelie Mahdavian allows you to tag along with two range riders, listen in on intimate conversations, and bask in spectacular and sometimes unforgiving nature as you observe their way of life. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jun 10, 2022

Mahdavian is content to sketch in these lives and simply observe two women at their jobs. Read full review

The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

Jun 15, 2022

Mahdavian gives us enough for context and motivation before letting Colie and Hollyn take over with their enthusiasm and love of nature, and this opportunity to absorb it on a level very few people can. Because it won’t last. Life will interfere. So embrace the awe without regrets. Read full review

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