Leave No Trace

Good movie. The pacing is slower overall than the trailer, but effective at building a slow tension and describing a delicate situation. My playback experience was marred however by the surprise announcement, after I had clicked Rent, that the movie would not playback in the browser that I normally use for rentals. Proper transparency would see this restriction identified before committing money, not after.

The premise of living in the forests of the Pacific Northwest drew me in but I was pleasantly surprised by Ben Foster's tender performance as a Dad struggling with PTSD. Thomasin McKenzie puts in an incredible performance as the daughter. The relationship between the two really pulls at your heartstrings - but the writing and direction is a really mature treatment of how their encounter with the outside world affects them both differently and how they ultimately resolve it. It is a bit slow moving but ultimately very rewarding.

Ben is an incredible actor, I really enjoy his work. living in Forest Park. hmm. I dont know if I could pull it off.