Did I just watch a movie length episode of Yellowstone?
Let Him Go is based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Larry Watson. Starring Kevin Costner and Diane Lane, the plot reads a lot like a Yellowstone story arc. A retired sheriff and his wife who set out to find their only grandchild after their son dies. Their sons wife remarries a creep and moves across state borders.
Arriving at the Australian cinemas this week, I believe it even got a theatre run in the COVID-19 plagued United States.
Lesley Manville as Blanche Weboy is also a highlight in the second half of this slightly slow paced modern American western. A tough mother of some rather questionable boys.
The pacing is the only thing that lets this film down a little. The first half is particularly long, with the sons death happening early on, then the grandsons move takes us on a great American road trip. Whilst the film is actually filmed in the simply stunning Calgary, Canada.
The scenery is top notch, it's beautiful. Makes me miss my year away in lovely Canada. O Canada.
This is like All My Life one of the better films of the second chunk of 2020. As we head into December and hopefully the release of Wonder Woman, I will look back on this second part of COVID-Cinema 2020 and award some films. Whilst I understand studios wanting to maximise their profits at the cinemas, holding films for release of giving us substandard films, will not help cinemas moving forward.
Thank you Focus Features for allowing this to get a big screen release.
It really is the year of Kevin Costner's comeback, first a massive Yellowstone season, now this. 3.5 Stars.
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