Film Review – Ain’t Them Bodies Saints

There’s beauty to behold in the bizarrely titled “Ain’t Them Bodies
Saints,” which possesses a moviemaking mission to resuscitate a bygone
era of film construction that dwelled in mood and feeling, most
pointedly in the early work of Terrence Malick. It’s a quest shared by
many indie directors, but David Lowery (who also scripts) finds an
organic way of homage while detailing his own story of loss and longing,
employing an atmospheric sense of Texas culture to ease audiences into
this tone poem of a picture. Dramatically static but superbly assembled,
“Ain’t Them Bodies Saints” isn’t just an eye-crossing title, but a
warmly realized portrait of separation as therapy, appreciating all the
minor triumphs of maturation.
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