Movie · Western · Drama

Two travelers, on the run from a band of vengeful hunters in the 1820s Northwest, dream of striking it rich, but their tenuous plan to make their fortune on the frontier comes to rely on the secret use of a wealthy landowner's prized dairy cow. With their scheme landing somewhere between honest ingenuity and pure grift, renowned filmmaker Kelly Reichardt finds a graceful and deeply moving origin story of America in their unlikely friendship and fragile life at the margins.

2020 · 2h 2m
Director Kelly Reichardt

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First Cow

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Two travelers, on the run from a band of vengeful hunters in the 1820s Northwest, dream of striking it rich, but their tenuous plan to make their fortune on the frontier comes to rely on the secret use of a wealthy landowner's prized dairy cow. With their scheme landing somewhere between honest ingenuity and pure grift, renowned filmmaker Kelly Reichardt finds a graceful and deeply moving origin story of America in their unlikely friendship and fragile life at the margins.

COMMON SENSE

Beautiful, slow-moving story of friendship and America.

TOMATOMETER
Average 8.4
Reviews 224
Fresh 215
Rotten 9

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Studio
A24
Released
2020
Run Time
2 hr 2 min
Rated
PG-13 for brief strong language.
Region of Origin
United States
© 2019 A24 / IAC Films / FilmScience

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Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AD, AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)

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English (CC)

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Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen, to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.