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- 2018
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 44 m
- 2018
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 44 m
Summary 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 crushes his skull at a rodeo. Back home on the Pine Ridge Reservation, with little desire or alternatives for a different way of life, Brady’s sense of inadequacy mounts as he is unable to ride or...
Directed By: Chloé Zhao
Written By: Chloé Zhao
- 2018
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 44 m
- 2018
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 44 m
The Rider
7.5
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Summary 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 crushes his skull at a rodeo. Back home on the Pine Ridge Reservation, with little desire or alternatives for a different way of life, Brady’s sense of inadequacy mounts as he is unable to ride or...
Directed By: Chloé Zhao
Written By: Chloé Zhao
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal acclaim
Based on 42 Critic Reviews
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100% Positive
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0% Mixed
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Metascore
Universal acclaim
Based on 42 Critic Reviews
89
100% Positive
42 Reviews
42 Reviews
0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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The Rider is a docudrama as elegy, a slice of rodeo realism that both romanticizes and demythologizes the Cowboy Way in a corner of America where that still means something.
Spiritual and earthy, forged in curiosity yet fortified with empathy, The Rider is why we go to the cinema, and it affirms Chloe Zhao as one of the most gifted new movie artists of our time.
User Score
Generally favorable
Based on 133 User Ratings
7.5
78% Positive
104 Ratings
104 Ratings
13% Mixed
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9% Negative
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12 Ratings
User Score
Generally favorable
Based on 133 User Ratings
7.5
78% Positive
104 Ratings
104 Ratings
13% Mixed
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
9% Negative
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
Es una película conmovedora y sentimental; la trama es muy buena y la actuación de Brady Jandreau es excelente. ¡TOTALMENTE RECOMENDABLE!
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I'm utterly in love with this film. Such beauty, such grace. I was pinned to my seat throughout. I feel like I must travel to the Badlands of North Dakota to see where this **** was filmed. Kudos to the director!
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An impressive documentary-style drama film, whose soulfulness and elegance dazzle.
Casting a dramatic film with nonactors is always a risky proposition; the fresh, natural presence of “real people” is sometimes outweighed by awkwardness when they have to deliver scripted dialogue. But Chloé Zhao’s dreamlike Western The Rider is one of those happy exceptions.
Zhao’s combination of the visual palette of Terrence Malick, the social backbone of Kelly Reichardt, and the spontaneity of John Cassavetes creates cinema verité in the American plains.
Even as harder realities hit home, The Rider is in complete sympathy with its protagonist’s wild, wistful yen.
It manifests a mounting sense of disillusionment, suggesting that the rodeo lifestyle many characters so unreservedly romanticize often leads to physical and psychological ruin.
Brilliant and mesmerizing movie shot with non-actors on a Lakota Sioux reservation in South Dakota. Brady Jandreau is superb in the lead role here, but truly the whole cast offers astounding realism. What makes it all the more remarkable is that the writer and director is a young Chinese-born female filmmaker. Definitely not for action flick only viewers, but for those that can get into a low-key. cerebral, and often very dark movie then you may very well find this one to your liking.
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A slow, quiet, albeit honest journey of a young man's struggle to make it back to the rodeo scene after his accident. Many films take this path of bordering reality television recently: walking cameras, breathy close-ups. I didn't think it was as introspective as it postures to be. It's hard to make an impact when a story barely raises it's pulse.
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Good points: 1) Movie provides an inside look at Bronco riding and the young men who love it. We see the tremendous heart and passion that riders have for their sport--even in the face of debilitating injuries suffered. 2) There is a nice family story here. Bad points: 1) the acting is a bit better than in Clint Eastwood's recent film, "The 15:17 to Paris" about the foiled terrorist attack, but both movies suffer from so so acting due to using the real people who went through the life situation. 2)the movies drags at times with slow pacing; 3) I did not experience the wrenching gut punch of emotion described by the reviewers--perhaps my expectations were too high. The movie was just okay for me; not sure what all the buzz is about.
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Slant critic is spot on once again. And is generous with her score. It's a dry and very uninspired exercise in social realism that never elevates itself to create any sense of beauty. Very bad cinematography. Horrible use of close-up. Good nice heartfelt feelings never make for good art. This is another example. Another Oscar bait (life-broken, tortured lead character, minorities, etc...) fooling so-called cultured critics and snobs.
If you like horses zebras or asses, better watch Bressons"au revoir Balthazard". That is cinema.
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Production Company
Caviar,
Highwayman Films
Release Date Apr 13, 2018
Duration 1 h 44 m
Rating R
Website
https://therider.film/
Awards
CinEuphoria Awards
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
Chlotrudis Awards
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
