Certain Women

Feb 22 2017 R 1h 47m
Drama

Three strong-willed women strive to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American Northwest: a lawyer forced to subdue a troubled client; a wife and mother whose plans to construct her dream home reveal fissures in her marriage; and a lonely ranch hand who forms an ambiguous bond with a young law student.

Plot

Certain Women drops us into a handful of intersecting lives across Montana. A lawyer (Laura Dern) tries to defuse a hostage situation and calm her disgruntled client (Jared Harris), who feels slighted by a workers' compensation settlement. A married couple (Michelle Williams and James Le Gros) breaks ground on a new home but exposes marital fissures when they try to persuade an elderly man to sell his stockpile of sandstone. A ranch hand (Lily Gladstone) forms an attachment to a young lawyer (Kristen Stewart), who inadvertently finds herself teaching a twice-weekly adult education class, four hours from her home.

Written by

Kelly Reichardt, Maile Meloy

Directed by

Kelly Reichardt

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

filmscience, Stage 6 Films

Languages

English

Awards

11 wins & 49 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
17,187
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
82
Popularity
NA