Title: What A Disappointment
Review: All the ingredients for a powerful film are here. A idealistic white man unaware of how his greed overpowers his compassion. An Indian who learns the white way of life, only to realize its failings too late. A legendary Indian chief facing the inevitability of overwhelming force. And a horrible massacre in which women and children were mowed down by canons and pursuers on horseback.Instead we get a movie with more drama in the soundtrack than in the script, another self-pitying performance from Adam Beach, a storyline that is so busy trying to cover a lot of historical ground it misses nearly every opportunity to connect on an emotional level, and a hair-pulling number of close-ups of proud Indian faces looking into the distance -- with tears running down craggy faces in order to underscore the sadness we're supposed to be feeling.Dee Brown's book changed the way Americans look at their own history; this film made me want to change the channel.
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