‘A Long Winter’ Review: Andrew Haigh’s Moody Drama, Set on a Farm in the Rockies in the Early ’50s, Is a Sweeping Act of Cinematic Storytelling
Based on a novella by Colm Tóibín, it’s a movie austere enough to risk alienating its audience, yet if you get onto its wavelength you stay right there, inside the movie’s world.
Andrew Haigh's film "A Long Winter" is set on a farm in the Rockies in the early 1950s. The movie, based on a novella by Colm Tóibín, follows a family drama and a gay coming-of-age story. It stars Caitriona Balfe, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and their two sons, Mike, played by Fred Hechinger.
The film is described as austere and quietly virtuosic, with Variety noting that it risks alienating its audience but can draw viewers into its world. TheWrap describes the setting as grim and foreboding, despite its natural beauty, likening it to a trap, similar to "The Shining". According to IndieWire, Fred Hechinger and Ebon Moss-Bachrach deliver strong performances.
The movie also features Kit Connor and D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, and measures the after-effects of a disappearance in the Rocky Mountains, as per The Hollywood Reporter. The film had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival.
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- ‘A Long Winter’ Review: Andrew Haigh Finds Love and Dread High in the Mountains thewrap.com
- ‘A Long Winter’ Review: Fred Hechinger and Ebon Moss-Bachrach Shine as Family Thrust Into Uneasy Isolation in Andrew Haigh’s Fine-Grained Drama hollywoodreporter.com
- ‘A Long Winter’ Review: Andrew Haigh Goes Cold with an Immaculately Crafted Coming-of-Age Story Too Restrained for Its Own Good indiewire.com
