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Wind River

2017 1h 47m
Crime Mystery Thriller
MOVIEVIBE Rating
7.4/10
5,953 reviews
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Wind River

An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.

"Nothing is harder to track than the truth."

Top Billed Cast

Jeremy Renner
Jeremy Renner
Cory Lambert
Elizabeth Olsen
Elizabeth Olsen
Jane Banner
Gil Birmingham
Gil Birmingham
Martin Hanson
Graham Greene
Graham Greene
Ben
Jon Bernthal
Jon Bernthal
Matt Rayburn
Kelsey Asbille
Kelsey Asbille
Natalie Hanson
Teo Briones
Teo Briones
Casey Lambert
Tantoo Cardinal
Tantoo Cardinal
Alice Crowheart

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

G Gimly Verified TMDB Critic
2017-11-10

The icy tundra of Wind River is an oppressive backdrop for this vicious crime thriller, with tones of Western.

_Final rating:★★★½ - I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time._...

W Wuchak Verified TMDB Critic
2018-03-04

RELEASED IN 2017 and written & directed by Taylor Sheridan, "Wind River" chronicles events at the remote Wind River Indian Reservation where a curiously barefooted young Native woman is found dead in the wilderness; a Fish & Wildlife tracker (Jeremy Renner) and an FBI agent (Elizabeth Olsen) team-up to solve the mystery. Graham Greene plays the Reservation police chief, Gil Birmingham appears as the victim’s grieving father and Jon Bernthal & James Jordan are on hand as security guards at a drill site. There are several others.

The film is based on hundreds of actual stories similar to ...

W write2topcat Verified TMDB Critic
2018-03-22

I love this film for many reasons. It's not an overly complicated film. But it is well done. The setting is a Native American Reservation in Wyoming. The land is starkly beautiful. Winter here is harsh and unforgiving. I love the outdoors, and I love the tough, isolated, lifestyle of those living far from civilization, so I enjoyed this film from the start. The cast is very good, the acting also. I don't need a lot of surprise twists and a shocking ending in a detective story in order to enjoy a film, so it doesn't bother me at all that this one doesn't have that. The things which make thi...

C CinemaSerf Verified TMDB Critic
2022-07-11

I reckon that this is my favourite performance from a really well cast Jeremy Renner. He is an animal hunter who is shocked when he discovers the corpse of the daughter of one of his oldest friends. She has been brutally raped and murdered in their pristine snowy wilderness. The crime - on a Wyoming native American reservation pits local and state law officers against one another, but fortunately FBI agent "Jane" (Elisabeth Olsen) is soon on hand and so they team up with each other for what turns out to be quite a perilous investigation with not only the criminal to track down, but with a loca...

T The Movie Mob Verified TMDB Critic
2022-08-19

**Overall : Wind River’s writing, acting, and setting result in one of the best murder thrillers of the last several years and a predecessor to one of the greatest shows on television - Yellowstone.**

This exceptional mystery thriller faces off against the imposing desolation of the immense Wyoming wilderness. What would be a good story and mystery on its own is elevated to an incredible level by the isolation and hopelessness of the hostile environment. Back up, support and help are hours away as the small handful of law enforcement trying to cover hundreds upon hundreds of square miles ...