Sweetgrass

Sweetgrass (2009)

  • 96% of critics liked it
    (56 reviews)

  • 66% of users liked it
    (540 ratings)

Filmmakers Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor continue their work capturing the stark beauty and danger of the Western landscape with this documentary. With only a soundtrack as narration, Sweetgrass tracks shepherds through Montana as they take their flocks on the long trek to the Beartooth… More

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Unrated,
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Genres
Documentary, Western, Special Interest
In Theaters
Sep 26, 2009 Wide
Cinema Guild

Critic Reviews

  • Jason Anderson, Toronto Star

    If there's anything we can learn from the creatures here, it's that any day in which you don't get stripped of your coat or eaten by a bear is probably a good one.

  • Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail

    There are audience rewards for sticking with the herd and its lonesome cowboys.

  • Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

    It's a gorgeous and, believe it or not, riveting documentary...about sheep.

  • Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News

    It may not be your thing, but Sweetgrass is unlike anything you'll see in a theater this year. It bravely strays from the flock.

  • Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Filmmakers Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor rigorously follow the cinema-verité creed: no sonorous Morgan Freeman voiceovers, no explanatory intertitles until the finale, just carefully observed reality.

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  • Walter M


    "Sweetgrass" is a stunningly photographed documentary about the process of sheep farming in Montana. The movie keeps the human subjects at a distance, giving us little chance to really get to know any of them. Instead, the natural scenery and the sheep are the true stars… More

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