Let Him Go

Let Him Go

Following the loss of their son, a retired sheriff and his wife leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas.

  • Released: 2020-11-05
  • Runtime: 114 minutes
  • Genre: Crime, Drama, Thrillers
  • Stars: Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Kayli Carter, Lesley Manville, Will Brittain, Jeffrey Donovan, Booboo Stewart, Ryan Bruce, Otto Hornung, Bram Hornung, Connor Mackay, Adam Stafford, Greg Lawson, Bradley Stryker, William Hochman, John Treleaven, Heather Lea MacCallum, Ryan Northcott, Ravonna Dow, Kira Bradley, Aidan Moreno, Judith Buchan, Marilyn Potts, Vanessa Holmes, Tayden Marks, Bryn Roy, Finn Lee-Epp, Caillou Pettis, Will Hochman
  • Director: Thomas Bezucha
 Comments
  • millerian-02797 - 4 March 2024
    Intriguing Thriller delivered with some excellent direction and performances
    Being lost in the american landscape. A big surprise, i thought american westerns were a dead genre, reserved for big budget hollywood prestige works or really ugly digitally dtv films. But this is neither, right in the middle, the type of mid-budget filmmaking that both lane & costner rode their careers on and is basically dead now. With that being said, costner & lane are terrific, it isn't a coincidence that costner landed tens of millions making a tv show playing this same character. He fits it perfectly, and he's one of those rare big-named actors who can actually land down a performance through pure physicality and expressions. Lane is given pretty much everything to do in this film, she rides the film, she calls the shots, and lane is generally terrific, but this is definitely one of the better performances from any actress in all of 2020 american cinema. Broken but constantly trying to argue for her side, great stuff and bezucha giving her real dialogue to chew on is a major part of it. Bezucha's direction is firstrate, digital cameras have a hard time capturing the western landscape, so there's no better way to get around it than by shooting mostly dialogue-driven interior sequences. That makes this an excellent drama, and it helps that his blocking, rhythm in the editing, and the formation of longer dramatic takes allows this to form into a simple acting masterclass for everyone in here. Won't say i've completely given up on american cinema, but i was just shocked we could still deliver something this precise here in the states. And not only that, but that it is a real drama, it treats its audiences like adults, the acting is terrific, and it feels like a real film. More of this would be nice.
  • jdzurinda2 - 30 April 2023
    Like Watching Paint Dry
    I'm glad I didn't spend money in a theater to see this movie. It is way to slow moving and drawn out.

    After watching this I can now say with certainty which one of Kevin Costner's movies is the worst.

    I have a hard time believing some of the high ratings this movie garnered. Honestly the scenes were drawn out and there were times I wanted to hit the fast forward. I'd wonder what Costner thinks of his performance in this movie. He didn't have a lot of lines for as good an actor as he is.

    The scenery in the movie was good but the pace at which things progressed made it a chore to watch. Next time I start watching a bad movie I won't fight the urge to turn it off.