War Pony
2022 · Movie · R · 114 min · ★ 6.3 · 79% critics
On the Pine Ridge Reservation, two young people at different stages of growing up try to find purpose, respect, and a place to belong. As they navigate family pressures, limited opportunities, and hard lessons about adulthood, their paths reflect a raw coming-of-age story shaped by community and survival.
Also known as Poney guerrier
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Details
- Years
- 2022
- Release date
- 2023-05-10
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Critic score
- 79/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (42 votes)
About
If you connected with the grounded, intimate feel of Songs My Brothers Taught Me or Skate Kitchen, this may work for you; Not for you if you want a fast-moving plot or a more upbeat tone.
Pros: empathetic coming-of-age story; vivid community portrait; moving, eye-opening moments | Cons: very slow pace; thin story structure; uneven ending
Themes
- thanksgiving
- halloween
- turkey
- poodle
- coming of age
- native american reservation
- south dakota
- woman director
- lakota
- bison
Awards & recognition
- Caméra d'Or · 2022
Cast & crew
Jojo Bapteise Whiting
as Bill
LaDainian Crazy Thunder
as Matho
Robert Stover
as Colton
Ashley Shelton
as Allison
- IB
Iona Red Bear
as Auntie
- TC
Ta-Yamni Long Black Cat
as Donny
- WC
Wilma Colhof
as Mama
- JC
Jeremy Corbin Cottier
as Baby Worm
- WE
Woodrow Lone Elk
as Elias
- SH
Sprague Hollander
as Tim
Directed by Gina Gammell, Riley Keough