Synopsis
Two brothers cannot overcome their opposite perceptions of life. One brother sees and feels bad in everyone and everything, subsequently he is violent, antisocial and unable to appreciate or enjoy the good things which his brother desperately tries to point out to him.
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Cast
- David MorseJoe Roberts
- Viggo MortensenFrank Roberts
- Valeria GolinoMaria
- Patricia ArquetteDorothy
- Charles BronsonMr. Roberts
- Sandy DennisMrs. Roberts
- Dennis HopperCaesar
- Jordan RhodesRandall
- Enzo RossiRafael
- Harry CrewsMr. Baker
Recommandations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
It's impressive, how thoughtfully Penn handles this material. - 70
The New York Times
Loose, rambling and sometimes rudderless as it is, The Indian Runner has a fundamental honesty that gives it real substance. - 67
Christian Science Monitor
It has weak spots, including bits of mystical mumbo jumbo about a legendary "Indian runner" with a ghostly message. But most of the film is articulate and absorbing. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
Though the movie is sometimes too mannered (during one unaccountable stretch, Penn suddenly turns into Diane Arbus and peppers the screen with small-town grotesques), it has an accomplished rhythmic flow, a sense of people’s destinies unfolding step by step. - 60
Variety
A tortured examination of the disintegration of a Mid-western family, The Indian Runner is very much actors' cinema. Rambling, indulgent and joltingly raw at times, Sean Penn's first outing as a director takes a fair amount of patience to get through but has an integrity that intermittently serves it well. - 50
Rolling Stone
In his debut as a writer-director, Sean Penn shows a sure hand with actors and a knack for setting up a scene visually and dramatically. But he’s a bust at following through. - 50
Austin Chronicle
It's an interesting film, with fine acting performances. Penn acquits himself in this project, his first as a behind-the-camera talent, though The Indian Runner never quite establishes an assured rhythm or fluidity. - 40
Time Out
Potentially potent and not without naive charm, but ultimately a masturbatory ejaculation of all too personal juices.
