"I need work, I like work"
Frances McDormand gives a staggeringly beaten performance as Fern, a woman in her 60s who journeys through the American West after losing everything in the recession. This one you'll need to slog through the slow pace, and real downer of a story, really it's McDormand who makes this film what it is. She is absolutely fanatstic (it wouldn't be the first time), it's good that she comes with some baggage - in a good way as she needs it in Nomadland. But it's more than just a film, it's a miracle, a beautiful miracle and one that couldn't be more timely. Setting itself up from the very beginning as a poetic character study on the forgotten and the downtrodden, and thanks to Chloé Zhao's stunning directing it's a beautiful and yet still deeply saddening memory of the Great Recession.
Zhao brilliantly captures the forgotten American traditions of being a Nomad and thanks to Joshua James Richards' beautiful cinematography of the gorgeous American countryside, Nomadland is a joy to watch and well not since Robert Redford in All Is Lost has a lead star carried a film through wordless moments and plain glances at what lies ahead. And like Redford before her McDormand is breathtaking even without Zhao's spectacular directing and Richards' cinematography she could essentially carry this film on her shoulders.
The life of a Nomad - or van dweller has never so beautifully captivated or so enrichally told until this moment and it might be a bit late for this kind of film but it is no less relevant. And as Fern, McDormand is the vivid recreation of the political downfall that hit all of us and that is by no means a negativity in fact she's better than she's ever been. And that is the highest compliment. 5/5. A must watch.
Frances McDormand gives a staggeringly beaten performance as Fern, a woman in her 60s who journeys through the American West after losing everything in the recession. This one you'll need to slog through the slow pace, and real downer of a story, really it's McDormand who makes this film what it is. She is absolutely fanatstic (it wouldn't be the first time), it's good that she comes with some baggage - in a good way as she needs it in Nomadland. But it's more than just a film, it's a miracle, a beautiful miracle and one that couldn't be more timely. Setting itself up from the very beginning as a poetic character study on the forgotten and the downtrodden, and thanks to Chloé Zhao's stunning directing it's a beautiful and yet still deeply saddening memory of the Great Recession.
Zhao brilliantly captures the forgotten American traditions of being a Nomad and thanks to Joshua James Richards' beautiful cinematography of the gorgeous American countryside, Nomadland is a joy to watch and well not since Robert Redford in All Is Lost has a lead star carried a film through wordless moments and plain glances at what lies ahead. And like Redford before her McDormand is breathtaking even without Zhao's spectacular directing and Richards' cinematography she could essentially carry this film on her shoulders.
The life of a Nomad - or van dweller has never so beautifully captivated or so enrichally told until this moment and it might be a bit late for this kind of film but it is no less relevant. And as Fern, McDormand is the vivid recreation of the political downfall that hit all of us and that is by no means a negativity in fact she's better than she's ever been. And that is the highest compliment. 5/5. A must watch.