It's easy to understand why many viewers might dislike this movie; it doesn’t cater to typical American tastes or attention spans. If you went in expecting a standard Western with plenty of action and shootouts, you will be disappointed. Even someone hoping for something predictable and conventional like Power of the Dog would find this film jarring. It really isn't a Western at all. It is more accurately describe…

Kelly Reichardt directed and Jonathan Raymond wrote Meek's Cutoff, which features Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Will Paton, Paul Dano, Shirley Henderson, Neal Huff, Zoe Kazan and Tommy Nelson in the cast. Jeff Grace composed the music, and Chris Blauvelt was responsible for the cinematography. The story draws from a real event on the Oregon Trail in 1845, when frontier guide Stephen Meek (Greenwood) led a group…