An uneasy love story - sans the usual melodrama with measured performances. The whole  movie could have worked as well for an adulterous romance between a married man and a married women.

Any film that crosses 22 years in 2 hours is bound to have an epic feeling to it - where u see the characters & their conflicts grow, this is no exception, what we saw in the first 20 minutes (that is just an hour back) comes across as very distant history… sort of like “remember the time we spent in Brokeback? ” - that takes both you and the characters in a sweet nostalgic trip, effectively punctuating the climax to a satisfying end. An overall well made, well paced film.

Question: How does those 1000s of sheep follow just 2 shephards and a solitary dog thro the spawning landscape? Heard mentality? Maybe the producers banked on it too much in the Oscar Best Picture race, then cried sour grapes when the voters voted otherwise…

3/5