Review of Leave No Trace (2018) by Doug H — 26 Sep 2018

This laid-back film was made on a shoestring budget - or I hope it was! Typical of too many recent independent films not a lot of attention, loving or otherwise is given to details. Many reviewers praise the cinematography.

Well, there are plenty of shots of trees. (If you love looking at trees, this may be your movie.) I don't understand the complete lack of negative critic reviews here. Maybe it's my fault for being able to remember what it's like to watch truly well-directed films.

Have today's critics forgotten what it's like to go see a film by Hitchcock or Wilder or even Blake Edwards or Ron Howard. Those guys knew how to tell a story. What we have here is a good example of bad storytelling.