I very much enjoyed this movie. The thing that makes this movie work is the relationship between Captain Kidd (Tom Hanks) and the young Kiowa woman (kidnapped five years ago by Kiowa), Johanna (Helena Zengel) (Zengel is a young German actress and this appears to be her first American film.). Hanks comes upon the young woman and decides to take her to her relatives. Hanks works as a story teller, taking stories from the newspaper and reading them to people. His wife passed while he served in the Civil War as a Captain. The journey is more perilous than it should have been because some ner-do-wells would like to purchase the young woman and Kidd refuses. They are determined to then use force to get their way.
Kidd is struggling with his own inadequacies, and the loss of his wife. The young woman is also dealing with loss. Loss of her parents, and then loss of her Kiowa culture after living with them for five years. Watching the relationship develop as they struggle with language and cultural issues makes this movie very enjoyable. Both Hanks and Zengel make enjoyable and believable characters.
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