The Rider

Brady, rarely raising his voice above a murmur, takes us on an emotional journey, figuring out his own way forward. The plains go on forever; so, we hope, does hope.

My my, what a ride.

Cinema that's challenging and offbeat is always in danger of being overlooked. But "The Rider" deserves to be seen.

Classic westerns may never go out of style, but sometimes it's good to see a movie about a cowboy who's a full-fledged human and not a type.

Jandreau, acting opposite his real-life family members and friends, disappears into a role largely based on his own experiences, oozing empathy from his pores.

You can almost feel the wind and smell the dust of the South Dakota plains, so deeply is Chloé Zhao's new film steeped in the reality of its environment.

Acting is best left to actors, lest you get this kind of shiftless, awkwardly mumbling emptiness going on for the entire length of a very drearily slow-moving movie.

The Rider has a wisdom all its own. ... It becomes a film about how the pain of loss and disappointment enables us to bear one another's burdens.

One of the year's most empathetic, soulful and heart-wrenching efforts.

Chloé Zhao's elegant documentary-flavored vision... is an exemplar in how movies can look and feel in this still-early part of the second century of cinema.

There is minimalistic elegance to this film that couldn't help but blow me away.

It's often said that great films have the ability to transport you to a certain time, place and specific perspective, however unfamiliar that might be. Rarely is that more relevant than in The Rider.