Leave No Trace

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.

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.

100% on Rotten Tomatoes, 4/4 on Roger Ebert, I hope people don't bypass this unobstrusive gem. Granik at her best.