Movie

First Cow

2020 · 122 min

A quiet, tender frontier tale that slowly builds tension and leaves a lingering sadness.

Tagline: A simple western about the origin of the American Dream.
Overview: In the 1820s, a taciturn loner and skilled cook travels west to Oregon Territory, where he meets a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two team up on a dangerous scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner’s prized Jersey cow—the first, and only, in the territory.
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Friendship, survival, class, ambition
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
survival
class
ambition
isolation
Places: wilderness
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none