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Jun 09, 2021gloryb rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Both the movie and the book it is based on are enjoyable if one is interested in situations of those times in the US - just after the Civil War in Texas and the start of removing Natives from their homelands to open up land for settlers. I was interested in the predicament of the young white settler girl taken from her dead family by the Natives and brought up as their own for 4 years - enough time for the child to bond with the Native Kiowa family who took her in and then did not want to leave them. The film certainly shows the rough frontier people living on the outskirts of civilization, their primitive isolated villages/towns, and the easy lawlessness when guns are pulled to settle disputes. The bleak setting includes many shots of the dusty road that connected these far flung Western villages as the Captain and the girl travel through the miles of isolated desert, a horrendous dust storm, and experience danger on this journey. Expect many shots were lighting is poor - evening campsite chats around a glowing fire, weakly lit interior shots, or early morning wakeups. I thought the movie re-captured the feel and look of the Old West. All actors do an excellent job.