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  Review by Michael Bihari ★★★½

  Beautifully filmed in the Grand Tetons. The acting is decent, and the story, although well scripted, is predictable and a bit preachy. However, it's nice to see a film with no violence and a happy ending. The audience at the film festival event loved the film and it got applause at the end. It's good, but not great.

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  Review by Gustavo Manso ★★★★

  This film deserves to be seen by a bigger audience. I really liked it. It's not super clever, but a nice drama with development that makes you feel good. It's satisfying.
  The acting is pretty good (at least for the main characters) and the cinematography is undeniably gorgeous, though the locations definitely helped.

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  Review by bettylouannsophie

  “Your intelligence is a gift Owen, but your ignorance is a choice.” Third (first) Wilson brother is awesome.
  
  Cliche coming of age plot device, with a unhackneyed follow through, filmed in the most beautiful of places. All while being educationally functional! I thoroughly enjoyed this

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  Review by colleen_61 ★★★★

  I like wildlife movies, but this is in Yellowstone and has my Scoutish girls, and I learned a few things. Yes, I am crying over lots of different things right now….

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  Review by Jason Alley🏳️‍🌈🐻 ★★★

  A coming-of-age film about a troubled teen (Spencer Treat Clark) who is sent to live with his father (Andrew Wilson), a Yellowstone park ranger, where he develops a love of wildlife and wolves in particular.

  For the first half, this is a strongly compelling and well-acted story, not to mention BEAUTIFUL to look at (those sunrise skies!) However, it's at least 20 minutes too long, and in the second half it starts to feel a little too much like a PSA for wildlife conservation. I am ALL FOR wildlife conservation, but when that starts to be the film's primary focus and the running time stretches toward the two-hour mark, it makes me less patient with a nice but fairly predictable story.

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  Review by Dan_Tebasco ★★★½

  Solid coming of age drama about a troubled teen who's mother can't deal with anymore so she flies him off for his father to deal with.

  His father studies wolves in the wild and shortly he has him working for him.

  Andrew Wilson the least famous of the acting Wilson brothers (Owen and Luke being the other 2) in the first leadrole I've seen him in does quite well in a restricted but dramatic performance as the father. While Spencer Treat Clark plays the troubled teen, equally well.

  It's no WHITE FANG (1991) but it's not trying to be, the wolves rarely interact with any of the characters. But that makes it feel slightly more realistic.

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  Review by Dreya ★★★

  Druid Peak is a beautifully shot coming of age film. Spencer Treat Clark definitely shows that he's all grown up with this role. The plot is simple but Marni Zelnick's writing is organic and fluid. Her script pulls all of the components of the film together and highlights each performance.

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  Review by IrishSmurfette ★★★

  We all know how talented STC is and it's on full display here. The scenery is of course breathtaking. Decent music selections. The story and other cast leave something to be desired. S'ok with me since STC is why I wanted to watch. 👍

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  Review by ganbaranger ★★★½

  "don't make presumptions about what's going on inside other people"

  if you grew up developing that deep sense of feeling unwanted and unlovable, this may be for you.

  beautiful cinematography in the rocky mountains. good use of reflections and some nice lens flares.

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  Review by Kezzer ★★★½

  this is a really gorgeous film and can be added to the media diet of kids four and up, (if you're into mindful cinema ingestion as a parent.) topical and uplifting.

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  Review by darien1 ★★★

  i like wolves too

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  Review by rscusick ★★★★

  Free if you’ve got amazon prime and a surprisingly great watch. This movie could use some more love. And it’s got the third Wilson brother!! *wow*