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Nomadland (2020)

Drama  
Rayting:   7.4/10 127K votes
Country: USA
Language: English
Release date: April 30, 2021

A woman in her sixties, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van dwelling modern day nomad.

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roger-99-171599 27 September 2020

In her third feature film, Zhao continues to prove she's going to dominate Hollywood.

michaeljohnson-27597 27 September 2020

Fmovies: Sometimes it takes an outside viewpoint to give us true perspective. We don't really know ourselves until someone pulls back the veil and shows us our true selves, and often... we don't like what they show us.

It took a gifted filmmaker, who also happens to be a Chinese National to once again show North-Americans a little nugget of our history that we might not know about, but also might not enjoy hearing.

Chloe Zhao, who is set to tackle Marvel's Eternals next year is one of the most subtle and grounded filmmakers of this generation, but she is also an impeccable story teller, and she relies not on large budgets or huge Hollywood names to tell these stories, she relies on authenticity and human connection. The juxtaposition of going from her small, personal stories to the Marvel Cinematic Universe needs to be addressed; it's akin to helping with your cousin's taxes for years, and then suddenly being asked to head a Fortune-500 company.

Zhao's Nomadland, based on the novel by Jessica Bruder is the story of a forgotten part of the Boomer generation. There are those in their 50s, 60s and perhaps older who just can't afford to retire. They need to work to survive, and they need to keep moving to work. These Boomers are lost because the little industrial-driven towns they've lived in for years weren't meant for the modern world filled with those aforementioned Fortune 500 companies. Mines shut down, mills shut down, factories shut down, and it ends up killing their town.

The film itself is basically a documentary, which is no surprise to anyone who has seen Zhao's previous work, most notably 'The Rider' in 2017. Zhao finds authenticity in using real people, not actors, and the stories they tell... are their stories. There's very little fiction in these films, which once again lends itself to the realness.

Casting the only two actors in the entire film, the brilliant Francis McDormand as the main character Fern, and the equally brilliant David Strathairn, seems to be Zhao dipping her toes into the enormous sea she's about to dive into with Marvel. The two performances, however, are unlike anything these two actors have done before. They are almost non-existent in this film, and that should be taken with every ounce of positivity. They are not McDormand and Strathairn, they are Fern and Dave, and sadly, these characters are lost members of their generation, but certainly not lost on the audience even if they take a 'backseat' to the message of the film. The actors blend into the roles so beautifully, they seem like you've probably passed them a million times without noticing. McDormand even took embodying Fern to a fantastic level of commitment by working, sometimes for months, in the odd jobs that Fern has to work throughout her journey. There is nothing but legitimacy to every action McDormand performs, and every choice Fern makes. You believe everything.

This is such a brilliant way to use these actors, because, ultimately... it is not their story. It's so rare you have a film where the characters are both 'moot' and yet compelling. This speaks to Zhao's ability to tell a story using all the tools at her disposal, and sometimes that means your character or your Academy-Award winning actors step back and let everything else in the film do the talking. Using the real 'Nomads' in the film, rather than actors, once again just adds that previously mentioned legitimacy. The feel of the film can be a

phosphenesserendipity 8 October 2020

Nomaland It was a wise move on Zhao's part toeventually include some suburban homes, whereFern and Dave have relatives ready to help. Theymay not have ideal choices but they both havealternatives to life on the road, options they haverejected. One of those family members, trying tobe kind, compares nomads to pioneers. That istrue enough, but as the bracing Nomadland reveals, it is also too simplistic a view for today'sUS, with its ageing population in a devastatedeconomy.

niclasericsson 21 November 2020

Nomadland fmovies. I saw this movie at the Stockholm International Film Festival 2020 and I really liked it. Frances McDormand is excellent as Fern, a woman who has lost everything and has more or less been forced to a nomadic life style on the road. Everything feels so believable, from the sparse dialogue to how each character react. Beautiful cinematography and a fantastic score makes this a big recommendation!

lukietd 13 September 2020

This is cinematic patience, a bare and beautifully drawn out experience that paces and feels exactly like the lives and experiences it portrays. The landscapes are stunning, the camerawork intimate and always thoughtful with its choices. The movie makes subtle, deliberate gestures, and it all culminates into something really special. Movies so plot-thin always must walk the careful border of disinterest - but honestly I could've watched another hour of this stuff and never get bored. It's hypnotizing in its own unique way, and I haven't really seen anything quite like it. (This is the vibe I wish Sean Penn's Into the Wild could've captured).

8.5/10

kidmusic-54542 13 September 2020

A great Francis McDormand performance, gorgeous cinematography and a compelling story make for a great character study!

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