War Pony (2022)

• Year: 2022
• Released: 09 Jun 2023
• Country: United States, United Kingdom
• Adwords: 9 wins & 9 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16227002/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/war_pony
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/war-pony
• Available in: 720p, 1080p, 1080p
• Language: English, Sioux
• MPA Rating: R
• Genre: Drama
• Runtime: 115 min
• Writer: Franklin Sioux Bob, Bill Reddy, Gina Gammell
• Director: Gina Gammell, Riley Keough
• Cast: Iona Red Bear, Ta-Yamni Long Black Cat, Wilma Colhof
• Keywords: halloween, thanksgiving, turkey, poodle, coming of age, native american reservation,

	7.1/10
	69/100
	91% – Critics
	80% – Audience

War Pony Storyline

The interlocking stories of two young Oglala Lakota men growing up on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

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War Pony Movie Reviews

Becoming a man

A very good first movie, which reminded me of Songs my brothers taught me. Many topics are addressed, but maybe the most important ones are a realistic representation of life on a Native American reservation, the trajectory of a teenager and a young adult, both hustling and navigating the duties, stereotypes and expectations of what it means to be(come) a man. Physically speaking, Bill reminded me of Eros Ramazzotti when he was in his early 20s.

The actors are amazing and the plot quite surprising. I also enjoyed a few magical/poetic moments in this dramatic film. There is so much empathy towards the main characters and their struggles, it is in many ways a moving and eye opening movie.

Everything about better and worse

Where the film succeeds is in this ability to make us feel on a dramatic ridge flirting with the precipice. Continuously: the resourcefulness, the negotiation, the daily quest for the right plan, for the money to find for the moment or the one after. Each individual linked to the other, By necessity or tradition. On one side, the comfort of the community, on the other its permanent violence, like two sides of the same coin. Drama can arise from every shot. Everything is survival and misery, but everything is also beauty and kindness. Anything could happen, But in the end we are left with motherly love.

War Pony

This starts off as quite an interesting observation of two young men growing up on the Pine Ridge reservation for the Oglala Lakota tribe in rural Dakota. It principally centres on the young “Bill” (JoJo Bapteise Whiting) who is juggling two girlfriends, two young children, and aspirations to buy and breed a rather mangy looking poodle! When he happens by a successful farmer whose car has broken down by the side of the road, he sees a way to make some extra cash. The two men click and pretty soon “Bill” is packaging turkey jerky by the bucketload! Meantime, the younger “Matho” (LaDainian Crazy Thunder) has been thrown out of his father’s home after he and his pals compromised his cocaine business by adding a little epsom salts to their distribution network! Both stories see the men and their friends and families trying to get by in a community that seems to exist for the sake of it. Poodles notwithstanding, there seems little structure to their lives nor much point to anything. Opportunities are sparse and family loyalties only appear to endure when convenient. It’s actually quite a depressing story that I couldn’t help wonder might not have been worthy of watching at all, had it not been for the native American aspects to the production and plot. Despite that increasingly prevailing downbeat theme, there is something likeable about Whiting’s characterisation of the wayward “Bill” – a man who does seem to at least want to escape the relentlessness of their existence. The ending is weak, though, and frankly really quite daft and as an whole, the film does drag a bit across the two hours of rather soporifically scored, slowly paced, drama. It’s worth a watch, but it’s not great.