Movie Review: Wendy and Lucy

This is a very slow and a very simple story but beautiful told and acted. A young woman named Wendy (the amazing Michelle Williams) and her dog Lucy hop in her beat-up Honda and leave Indiana for Alaska, Wendy's hope for a new life. But when her car dies in Oregon and Lucy goes missing, Wendy faces hard choices and a tired and financially stressed America that keeps closing doors. I won't say more, except that director and co-writer Kelly Reichardt (Old Joy) is a true cinema poet who works miracles in miniature. And she finds the perfect collaborator in Williams, an actress of grit and amazing grace. I give the film five stars.