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  • 2022
  • R
  • Bleecker Street Media
  • 1 h 54 m
  • 2022
  • R
  • Bleecker Street Media
  • 1 h 54 m

Summary Two estranged siblings (Haley Lu Richardson, Owen Teague) return home to the sprawling ranch they once knew and loved, confronting a deep and bitter family legacy against a mythic American backdrop.

Directed By: Scott McGehee, David Siegel

Written By: Mike Spreter, Scott McGehee, David Siegel

  • 2022
  • R
  • Bleecker Street Media
  • 1 h 54 m
  • 2022
  • R
  • Bleecker Street Media
  • 1 h 54 m

Montana Story

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
73
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
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Summary Two estranged siblings (Haley Lu Richardson, Owen Teague) return home to the sprawling ranch they once knew and loved, confronting a deep and bitter family legacy against a mythic American backdrop.

Directed By: Scott McGehee, David Siegel

Written By: Mike Spreter, Scott McGehee, David Siegel

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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100
Sep 13, 2021
Thanks to the specificity of Richardson’s performance in particular and Giles Nuttgen’s gorgeous cinematography (the movie is shot on 35 mm), Montana Story evokes a grandiose style of American frontier filmmaking, somewhere between John Ford and Kelly Reichardt. See it on the largest screen you can find.
By Chandler Levack FULL REVIEW
80
May 18, 2022
Montana Story is a personal film, a small story told under the Big Sky. Those skies can make any story feel epic in scope — they frame tales as mythology in a way. But in Scott McGehee and David Siegel’s film (they wrote and direct), those same skies are so grand and far-reaching they can make you lose your perspective.
By Bill Goodykoontz FULL REVIEW

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6.3
56% Positive
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11% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
6.3
56% Positive
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33% Mixed
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11% Negative
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80
Sep 17, 2021
This is a minor-key modern Western whose melancholy probe into the bruising past gives way, in a quietly satisfying conclusion, to the hope of reconciliation, even healing.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW
75
May 23, 2022
It moves, makes us care and involves us in the genuine drama of two young people trying to heal themselves. The austere beauty of the locations doesn’t hurt either.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
70
May 17, 2022
The interactions between the people may seem small in comparison to the wide-open landscapes and rolling hills. In the hands of everyone involved with this moving drama, however, they echo long and loudly nonetheless.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW
67
Sep 17, 2021
It’s a subtle and poignant performance that makes you eager for Richardson to have an even bigger spotlight in he next endeavor.
By Gregory Ellwood FULL REVIEW
50
May 12, 2022
The film is initially distinguished by its poetic understatement, only for it to eventually succumb to staleness.
By Jake Cole FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Big Creek Projects
Release Date May 13, 2022
Duration 1 h 54 m
Rating R
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Website https://bleeckerstreetmedia.com/montana-story
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Awards

Toronto International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Cleveland International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Deauville Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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