I was curious to see this film and understand why this film would have a good rating on rotten tomatoes and poor one on IMDb. The storyline, supposedly based on childhood, cultural and colonial trauma, tries hard to convince you that because of all that, it is okay to murder two people, be unfaithful to your pregnant wife, abuse other women including an old woman on a sick bed in hospital- and even your own toddler. The lead actor, Michael Greyeyes' acting is wooden and he looks too old for his wife, played by Kate Bosworth. Jesse Eisenberg is hardly convincing as the boss. The music and scenes are contrived and ghastly. True to its name and following on the footsteps of Columbus, it even uses an Indian-American to play a Native American (of course, relies on the fact that people of US can't tell!). Truly ghastly movie- no idea why it has got an award. It is an insult to the First Nations people. If I could give it zero stars I would- don't waste your time on this!
Lesson- always go with the audience review!
Lesson- always go with the audience review!