What makes for a great movie? A few can grab you emotionally. You are surprised, inspired, joyful, scared, angry, horrified, challenged. Maybe even a roller coaster ride of those emotions. Locked in for the entire movie. Then there comes a movie that is stunningly subtle. Telling a powerful story without monsters, evil people, natural disasters. None of that. But a compelling story… from start to finish. Absolutely one of the best movies of 2018.
It caught my eye when it was snubbed by the Oscars. Best picture, best actress, best director, best adapted screenplay. Not even nominated. Was it because the director was a female? The rising star a 17-year-old female? Hollywood has a hard time understanding and recognizing greatness. But others do. Leave No Trace won a long list of (non Oscar) awards. It has a Rotten Tomato score of 100%.
If you have Amazon Prime…. watch this movie. Now.