Film Review – Land (2021)

Honing her directorial chops during her stint on the T.V. show “House of Cards,” Robin Wright transitions to the big screen with “Land,” making her feature-length helming debut. She’s selected an emotionally wrenching picture about grief and isolation, gifting herself a role that’s largely internalized, while the Wyoming setting provides a backdrop of glorious nature to best emphasize such a private war. There’s not a lot of dialogue in the screenplay by Jesse Chatham and Erin Dignam, but such a challenge of communication doesn’t intimidate Wright, who delivers one of the finest performances of her career while also managing a refreshingly minimal tale of rebirth without dipping into maudlin storytelling. “Land” has real power even when stands absolutely still for lengthy periods of screen time. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com