Rain in the Mountains

My whole family laughed so hard the tears rolled. This movie is FUNNY, thanks to the comedic delivery and slapstick talents of Steven Pierre. Not politically correct, but it's a COMEDY for crying out loud! Somebody has to be out of kilter or it's not FUNNY. I didn't think the movie put down Native Americans any more than George Lopez's comedy is insulting to Latinos. Get a sense of humor please. Low-budget, refreshing, and just plain fun to watch. If you're looking for something with heavy politically correct content, go watch Ghandi or Brokeback Mountain. If you're looking for entertainment, watch Rain in The Mountains.

A friend rented this video and said I had to see it. She was so right. It is set in the Northwest where I am living and the sense of place is about the best I have seen in a film. It also reflects the lives of local Native people in a manner few films do. They are real people with common and cultural problems that they cope with. Not heroes or monsters, they are fully realized people. Beyond this, however, this film is hysterical. There are parts where I could not stop laughing. The whole set-up is funny and some scenes just over the top. I am really looking forward to the next film by this team of creative people.

I am Native American, and if you can not laugh at this there really is something wrong with you, this is meant to be a spoof on native life and beliefs. This is not meant to be serious just roll with it and laugh. The acting is bad but meant to be. The jokes are silly but the surrounds and story line make up for the silly antics of an out of work dad trying to show his son and family a simpler way of life. I love the one liners about destiny. I really can't say enough about this movie. my only regret is I didn't watch this sooner. I have recommended to friends and have even posted on face book. Please watch this movie anyway you can! awesome!

I attended an independent movie festival with another movie topping my short "must-see" list, but this one (which was almost an afterthought to me) was hands-down the best one I saw. It's a very gentle film with no swearing that does a superb job of depicting the internal conflict of Native Americans raised in mainstream society who want to reconnect with their culture, but never gets preachy or overarching.

The script is well-written, the cinematography is rich, and the casting was inspired. This strikes me as a movie that people of all ages can watch and come away with something. While another indie, "My Big, Fat Greek Wedding" got a lot more notice, "Rain in the Mountains" to me is by far the better film. It has the chance to join such movies as "Harold and Maude" and "King of Hearts" as cult favorites because it is both timeless and very human. Unlike those two, you could take a 10-year-old kid to this one without blushing.

I can't recommend "RITM" highly enough.

As a Native film professor, I can honestly say that this is perhaps one of the worst films with Native content that I have ever viewed. I would rather get a root canal than view this film again. The use of stereotyping, uncreative attempts at utilizing portions of traditional coyote stories and poor camera work were only made worse by the glib uncreative story-line and bad script. The writer and director have displayed the worst parts of a colonized approach to portraying Native people and communities. If this person is Native, they need to go home and apologize to everyone they know for being an apple and for the internalized racism and poor sense of humor that they have developed. If this person is non-native, they need to seriously re-examine their white privilege and ask themselves if they are displaying unexamined, unintentional racism, or if they are intentionally being ignorant. My only hope is that the Native actors in this film had a good time and at least got paid for their efforts. If you want to see good Native films then check out: Christmas in the Clouds, Dance me Outside, Medicine River, PowWow Highway, Smoke Signals...to name just a few.