Four Sheets to the Wind (2007)
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100% of critics liked it
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(494 ratings)
Sterlin Harjo's gentle coming-of-age drama Four Sheets to the Wind opens in the hamlet of Holdenville, Oklahoma, where a young Native American man, Cufe Smallhill (Cody Lightning of Smoke Signals), discovers his father's dead body. His dad's last wish, it seems, was to be buried in the… More Sterlin Harjo's gentle coming-of-age drama Four Sheets to the Wind opens in the hamlet of Holdenville, Oklahoma, where a young Native American man, Cufe Smallhill (Cody Lightning of Smoke Signals), discovers his father's dead body. His dad's last wish, it seems, was to be buried in the local pond. Cufe fulfills this request, packs his bags, and heads off to the metropolis of Tulsa, where he sets about building a new life for himself. Above and beyond its dramatic, narrative and aesthetic strengths, Harjo's film retains enormous sociocultural interest as one of the few films by, about, and starring American Indians - a rare feature to concern itself with contemporary Indian lifestyles in lieu of dramatizing Native American histories. Tamara Podemski co-stars as Cufe's sister Miri. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- Directed By
- Sterlin Harjo
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Jan 22, 2007 Wide
- Studio
- First Look Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Harvey, Variety
Like its shy hero, Four Sheets to the Wind is so low-key it risks making little impression -- until you realize it (and he) has stealthily won viewer sympathy and affection.
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Duane Byrge, Hollywood Reporter
An uplifting yarn as a young American Indian ventures from the reservation.
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Don Willmott, Filmcritic.com
this is what DVD players are for
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Kim Voynar, Cinematical
A lovely tale about communication, family, forgiveness, and 'something resembling love,' told through the story of a Native American family in small-town Oklahoma.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Harjo's likable Native American fable is very much in the tradition of Smoke Signals, except that the equally sentimental narrative centers on a siblings relationsip rather than father-son medlodrama.
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Cast
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Cody Lightning
as Cufe Smallhill
- Jeri Arredondo
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Tamara Podemski
as Miri
- Laura Bailey
- Jon Proudstar
- Richard Ray Whitman
- Mike Randleman
- Christian Kane
