Summary
This review was originally part of our coverage of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.
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When they then pack up to head back, they catch sight of a man fishing by the water.
As Jax distracts their mark, Roki lifts his keys and wallet from his tackle box.
It goes off without a hitch as they steal his nearby truck to sell for much-needed cash.
Following her sister’s disappearance, a Native American hustler kidnaps her niece from the child’s white grandparents and sets out for the state powwow in hopes of keeping what is left of their family intact.
It is quietly thrilling and without pretense as we then see how these schemes are done to survive.
Still, she is doing everything she can to do right by Roki.
The new series proves yet again that Gladstone is an unparalleled screen presence.
Gladstone expresses this in every single facet of her understated yet no less riveting performance.
It is a performance that contains multitudes in every single moment that the film is worth seeing for alone.
The jokes and joy the two characters share feel so natural.
You believe them completely, making it as if we are just observing people going about their lives.
The growing desperation seen in her sharp yet kind eyes speaks volumes even when Gladstone says little at all.
