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Old Joy
Old Joy
7.4
/10
5,866 Ratings

OLD JOY

Directed by Kelly Reichardt
United States, 2006
Drama

Synopsis

Two old friends, Kurt and Mark, reunite for a weekend camping trip in the Cascade mountain range east of Portland, Oregon. When they arrive at their final destination, a hot spring deep in the forest, they must confront the divergent paths they have taken in life.

Synopsis

Two old friends, Kurt and Mark, reunite for a weekend camping trip in the Cascade mountain range east of Portland, Oregon. When they arrive at their final destination, a hot spring deep in the forest, they must confront the divergent paths they have taken in life.

Our take

With First Cow in UK cinemas, we look back at Kelly Reichardt’s second feature. A beguiling portrait of two men—no longer young, not quite old—trying to resume a friendship, Old Joy is a miniature road movie of precise social detail, set in the lush Oregon wilderness she’d return to for her latest.