The film centers on three environmentalists who attempts to deal with their an important problem in their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam.Although they must struggle with the ups and downs, they determine to fulfill their plan.
Reichardt's richly drawn characters make it often fascinating, as we observe their contradictions and very human failings, and finally build to a daringly unresolved finale.
I'd say this is a movie about alienation that, in the spirit of the boldest activism, isn't afraid to be ostracized itself. You may beg to differ, and I'd say that's the point.
Night Moves calls us (inadvertently or not) to reconsider our definition of what's "natural." Certainly, some of the ways we've failed to care for the planet as we were charged back at the beginning have had dire consequences. Let's not ignore that.
You may not buy the third-act developments, but Reichardt and her actors see to it that you believe in how these people got to that third act in the first place.
The film makes a good point-often those zealously caring about dead deer enough to dynamite a dam are hyper-focused to the point of oddly lacking compassion for fellow humans.
