New Movies: Release Calendar for February 17, Plus Where to Watch the Latest Films 'Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey' Review: Revenge, Murder, and Eeyore BDSM Reach the Hundred Acre Wood 'She Came to Me' Review: Peter Dinklage and Marisa Tomei Find Love and Madness on a Tugboat But Silverman’s “A Love Song,” a slight, brisk, all too thin film, is far more evasive than Zhao’s devastating drama, and far less satisfying too. And the type of chewable script ready made for two adept, veteran actors like Dickey and Wes Studi. His picture’s initial, promising premise will no doubt remind some of Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland.” It’s the kind of search for autumnal love you want to wrap your arms around. As she describes him to these two women, her gruff exterior gives way to giddiness, and for a split second, Walker-Silverman invites the viewer into a tender, romantic Western that might move against conventions. A widow of seven years, Faye has been waiting in the vast Coloradan landscape for the arrival of a man she hasn’t seen in four decades. Faye ( Dale Dickey), an older woman of few words with a camper parked by a tranquil stream, is having dinner with a vacationing Black lesbian couple. There’s a bait-and-switch scene in Max Walker-Silverman’s feature directorial debut, “ A Love Song,” a picturesque but emotionally inert film that teases more depth than the script can provide. Bleecker Street releases the film in theaters on Friday, July 29. Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.
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