PREVIOUSLY AT FILM FORUM
Opened December 10, 2008

WENDY AND LUCY

DIRECTED BY KELLY REICHARDT

“In the space of a few years, Ms. Reichardt has become
one of the most interesting young American filmmakers...”
– Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

“(A) short, simple, perfect story of a young woman and her dog.”
– A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Click here to read A.O. Scott’s full review in The New York Times

“Modest but cosmic…
Williams delivers a sensationally nuanced performance”
– J. Hoberman, The Village Voice

“Superb!...an astounding Michelle Williams
(in her best performance yet) and a canine who hits her marks
even more than she did in OLD JOY.”
– Melissa Anderson, Time Out New York

“A fearlessly independent work...
spare, piercing and essentially American.”
 – Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

"WENDY AND LUCY establishes Reichardt, beyond question, as
one of the few masters now working in American independent film."
– Larry Gross, Film Comment

“What may emerge as the best performance of the year.
Among the loveliest films at Cannes.”
– Amy Taubin, Film Comment

"An unqualified triumph!"
– Kent Jones, Cinema Scope

WENDY AND LUCY

Film Comment #1 Film of the Year

AFI (American Film Institute) Top 10 Film of the Year

Indie Spirit Award Nomination:
Best Feature Film
Best Female Lead – Michelle Williams
ON MORE THAN 60 TOP 10 LISTS FOR 2008
Including:
– Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
– A.O. Scott, The New York Times
– David Ansen, Newsweek
– J. Hoberman, The Village Voice
– Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
– Melissa Anderson, Time Out New York
– Scott Tobias, The Onion
– National Board of Review
– AFI Awards

Top Ten Lists – 55
#1 Film of the Year – 3
#1 Performance of the Year – Michelle Williams – 7
Top 5 (or 10) Performances of the Year – Michelle Williams – 49
Best Director of the Year – 6
Best Screenplay of the Year – 4
Best 5 Supporting Performances – Walter Dalton – 4
Best 5 Supporting Performances – Will Patton – 1

OSCAR NOMINEE MICHELLE WILLIAMS (BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN) STARS IN A NEW DRAMA FROM KELLY REICHARDT. Manohla Dargis, writing in the New York Times about the film from Cannes: “(A) pitch-perfect triumph… In the space of a few years, Ms. Reichardt…has become one of the most interesting young American filmmakers. Her latest follows Wendy (Ms. Williams), a girlish woman with watchful eyes and a hesitant smile, who, with her mutt, Lucy, is on her way to a new life in Alaska with too little money when she runs into trouble in Oregon. With uninflected realism, an attentive camera and no weeping strings, Ms. Reichardt makes palpably, tragically real what it means to be struggling at the very edge of the economic abyss. Like OLD JOY… WENDY AND LUCY is political to the bone but without any of the usual grandstanding…”

USA • 2008 • 80 MINS. • OSCILLOSCOPE PICTURES

  • Click here to read A.O. Scott’s full review in The New York Times
  • Click here to read Deborah Solomon’s Q&A with Filmmaker Kelly Reichardt in The New York Times Magazine