Kelly Reichardt makes subtly shaded miniatures. "First Cow" is another in her carefully carved cameos of equally circumscribed, working-class lives.. it's, perfectly made, perfectly acted and ultimately moving
hypnotic, unpredictable movie; King-Lu and Cookie need each other, and "First Cow" commiserates with their journey in a kind-hearted fashion that allows the movie to resonate with more warmth than it initially lets on
hypnotic and beautiful; an authentic depiction of the realities of pioneer life, grounded in the lovely portrait of an unlikely relationship based on mutual trust, understanding and unspoken affection
by grounding her intellectual explorations in intimately observed human drama, Kelly Reichardt delivers another nuanced behavioral portrait as well as an incisive historical tome