Meek's Cutoff
2010 · Movie · PG · 103 min · ★ 6.5 · 86% critics
In 1845, a small wagon party crosses the Oregon high desert under the guidance of a hired trail leader, only to realize they may be headed nowhere. As water and morale run low, the group’s trust fractures, and a tense encounter with a lone outsider forces hard choices about leadership, fear, and survival.
Also known as Meek's Oregon 1845 Cutoff
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Details
- Years
- 2010
- Release date
- 2011-04-08
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 86/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (303 votes)
- Budget
- $2,000,000
About
You may enjoy this if you like quiet, contemplative frontier dramas that linger on daily hardship and uneasy trust, similar to Old Joy or Wendy and Lucy; Not for you if you want fast action, clear answers, or a tidy ending.
Pros: tense survival uncertainty; stark frontier atmosphere; thoughtful, minimalist approach | Cons: very slow pacing; sparse character focus; abrupt, ambiguous ending
Themes
- immigrant
- gold
- territory
- tree
- confidence
- thirst
- language barrier
- bible
- settler
- pride and vanity
- patriarchy
- native american
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Cast & crew
Michelle Williams
as Emily Tetherow
Bruce Greenwood
as Stephen Meek
Will Patton
as Soloman Tetherow
Zoe Kazan
as Millie Gately
Paul Dano
as Thomas Gately
Shirley Henderson
as Glory White
Neal Huff
as William White
Tommy Nelson
as Jimmy White
- RR
Rod Rondeaux
as The Indian
Directed by Kelly Reichardt