Really sweet movie about forgiveness, grief and resilience. Good performances by the main cast Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman and Jennifer Lopez, who all brought a lot of depth and complexity to an otherwise linear and predictable storyline. The pacing was slow by general movie standards but I think it worked for the kind of slow-moving, middle-of-nowhere small-town milieu the movie was going for. I appreciated the allegory of the bear being a manifestation of Einar’s tortured psyche and grief, and how he slowly learnt to live in the “now”. I think the movie gets most of its merits from the all-star cast who sold the complexities of abuse, trauma and “getting by” with what you have.
Really sweet movie about forgiveness, grief and resilience. Good performances by the main cast Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman and Jennifer Lopez, who all brought a lot of depth and complexity to an otherwise linear and predictable storyline. The pacing was slow by general movie standards but I think it worked for the kind of slow-moving, middle-of-nowhere small-town milieu the movie was going for. I appreciated the allegory of the bear being a manifestation of Einar’s tortured psyche and grief, and how he slowly learnt to live in the “now”. I think the movie gets most of its merits from the all-star cast who sold the complexities of abuse, trauma and “getting by” with what you have.
