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The Indian Runner
A Vietnam vet comes home to his small town and finds himself in conflict with rules that his brother has vowed to uphold. And though he performs well at first, his inner turmoil eventually erupts, creating chaos in their once tranquil home.
5 April 1947, Arizona, USA
9 May 1957, San Francisco, California, USA
27 April 1937, Hastings, Nebraska, USA
8 April 1968, Chicago, Illinois, USA
19 February 1967, San Germán, Puerto Rico
15 October 1927, New York City, New York, USA
April 29, 2011
The film is slow and pretentious, but it's a feature debut and Sean Penn, a distinguished actor, is good with his cast.
January 01, 2000
Penn surrounds his brothers with supporting characters who are so well-realized, I'll remember them as long as I remember the leads.
May 24, 2003
Penn's generosity to his actors is welcome, and Mortensen and Morse make the most of it with substantial performances, but a tighter reign might have livened up a film that at times becomes a little ponderous.
July 18, 2003
Probes the love/hate relationship between two brothers destined to follow different stars.
February 09, 2006
Penn's first project as writer/director is a film out of time, drenched in an overbearing '60s world-view which veers between the dated and the dopey.
June 27, 2001
Although the camera always gives precedence to the actor, Penn is not just merely a manipulator of theatrics. He conjures up superb images rivalling anything in modern American moviemaking.
May 20, 2003
Loose, rambling and sometimes rudderless as it is, "The Indian Runner" has a fundamental honesty that gives it real substance.
June 01, 1991
Penn is trying to get at gritty American ''truths'' about love, brutality, and blood ties. Somehow, though, it's all a bit pat: By now, even these stark themes have the ring of movie conventions.
March 26, 2009
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.
October 05, 2006
Muscular if overwrought drama with great performances.