Review of First Cow (2020) by Allison Shoemaker for RogerEbert.com — 06 Mar 2020
First Cow, adapted by Reichardt with frequent collaborator Jonathan Raymond from the latter’s novel "The Half Life," is many things. A simultaneously gentle and unsparing dissection of the formative flaws of capitalism, and thus of the “American dream”; a frontier story which captures the harsh realities and simple pleasures of a life built painstakingly from rock, wood, and soil; a heist movie; an argument for the power of baked goods.
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This review of First Cow (2020) was written by Allison Shoemaker and published by RogerEbert.com on 06 Mar 2020.
First Cow has generally received very positive reviews.
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