The Indian Runner 1991

Janet Maslin, New York Times: Loose, rambling and sometimes rudderless as it is, "The Indian Runner" has a fundamental honesty that gives it real substance. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Penn is trying to get at gritty American ''truths'' about love, brutality, and blood ties. Somehow, though, it's all a bit pat: By now, even these stark themes have the ring of movie conventions. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Penn surrounds his brothers with supporting characters who are so well-realized, I'll remember them as long as I remember the leads. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Penn's first project as writer/director is a film out of time, drenched in an overbearing '60s world-view which veers between the dated and the dopey. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Rambling, indulgent and joltingly raw at times, Sean Penn's first outing as a director takes a fair amount of patience to get through but has an integrity that intermittently serves it well. Read more