Very Cool!!!

Lack of good storyline.

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

A movie that follow a daughter and a father that live in the woods. Sounds just as thrilling as could be. Slowly the film builds as you get to know and try to understand the mindset of the father, and slowly you begin to learn about the daughter as well. However, this is the whole movie, very slow. Living between scenes of living off the land and day-to-day life there isn't much push forward in the plot. Where the movie hits the mark is in acting, with the main actors Thomasin McKenzie and Ben Foster driving almost everything, this film relies solely on their shoulders to not fall apart. They were able to keep control of the reigns all the way to the end. It definitely is more of a small sample size of many topics of culture, post military life, and family dynamics. However, in the end it falls short of a great story

Leave no trace is a beautifully acted, written, and filmed movie that will unfortunately be tossed under the radar despite being a masterful film.

High marks for terrific acting especially Ben Foster and an interesting story. Certainly the cast brought the story to life. It was a coming of age story minus the usual thresholds of sex, physical looks, and high school hijinx. The threshold was moving on from your parent when you discover it is now "your time". It is a painful but necessary decision for father and daughter.

Rather than pen a hefty set of paragraphs, let me point out some brilliant but tiny artistic touches that compensate for what some viewers might find the movie's slow action. I do not think they rise to the level of genuine spoilers: a) the name given to one of the 4H club's rabbits, b) "Tom's" subtle but poignant facial gestures, and c) a pair of wordless sounds she and her father use for secret communication. (As with much fine art, less is more...)