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2017 · thriller · crime · drama

Wind River

Directed by Taylor Sheridan1h 47m2017

An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.

Our read: Wind River (2017) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded thriller · crime · drama entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.

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Heavy, steady, extreme thriller / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.

ElsewhereIMDb7.7312kRT87%Metacritic73TMDB7.46k
  • heavy
  • extreme
  • bleak
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How Wind River feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want bleak reservation noir, justice denied, and Sheridan's unflinching cold.”

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Skip it tonight — Skip if sexual-assault themes, graphic violence, or hopeless endings will wreck you.

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