Wendy and Lucy

2008

80 mins

Directed by Kelly Reichardt
86%
67%
Drama

This indie-drama follows Wendy (Michelle Williams), heading from some unspecified personal disaster towards a new life in Alaska with her... More

This indie-drama follows Wendy (Michelle Williams), heading from some unspecified personal disaster towards a new life in Alaska with her beloved yellow-gold mongrel, Lucy. She’s stranded in a backwater Oregon town, low on funds, waiting for her car to be repaired when Lucy goes missing. Distraught but stoic, she searches for the dog, dependent on the kindness of strangers in a town where no one has much of anything to spare.

Working again with writer Jon Raymond, director Kelly Reichardt (Old Joy) delivers a miniature, minimalist, quietly devastating slice of contemporary Americana. (Source: NZ International Film Festival 2009)

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Wendy and Lucy | Ratings & Reviews

86_%186 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
67_%12,222 reviews
Audience score rating

""Old Joy" helmer Kelly Reichardt plays to her strengths in Wendy and Lucy, a modest yet deeply felt road movie about an idealistic young drifter, her faithful canine and the wide-open spaces of the Pacific Northwest."

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Variety

"From Turner & Hooch to Marley & Me, the dog-and-its-owner subgenre is as loyal to its X&Y title format as to its familiar brand of amiable, lightweight comedy. But the eponymous heroines of Kelly Reichardt’s sadcore indie are a breed apart."

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Total Film

"She's infuriating, but the movie, for all its morose impassivity, is beautiful and haunting."

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The New York Times

"Simple story, beautifully told."

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Rolling Stone

"Another illustration of how absorbing a film can be when the plot doesn't stand between us and a character."

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Roger Ebert

"Michelle Williams does her best but she cannot prevent Kelly Reichardt's Wendy and Lucy, a weak tale about being broke and on the road in rural America, from dwindling into boredom."

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Hollywood Reporter

"Slow, ponderous, meticulously rendered realism that will appeal to specific audiences of slow, ponderous, meticulously rendered realism, with a heart."

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