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Remember Pride, the heart-warming, Bafta-winning drama about London s gay and lesbian community coming to the aid of striking Welsh miners in the early 1980s?
“Land” (M) and a half
THIS is a “nice” movie. What’s nice about it? Its dramatic structure is simple. It’s credible. It doesn’t demand more of the filmgoer than the filmgoer might be prepared to give.
It doesn’t emblazon the screen with over-the-top, adrenalin-stimulating, look-at-me moments. And its run-time including closing credits is a comfy 89 minutes.
That’s not to say that it lacks conflict or its own kind of excitement.
So what’s it about?
Edee (producer/director Robin Wright) has bought herself a remote Wyoming bush block (it’s actually in Alberta, Canada). She wants to be alone.