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Sterlin Harjo's gentle coming-of-age drama Four Sheets to the Wind opens in the hamlet of Holdenville, Oklahoma, where a young Native American man, Cufe Smallhill (Cody Lightning of Smoke Signals), di... read more read more...scovers his father's dead body. His dad's last wish, it seems, was to be buried in the local pond. Cufe fulfills this request, packs his bags, and heads off to the metropolis of Tulsa, where he sets about building a new life for himself. Above and beyond its dramatic, narrative and aesthetic strengths, Harjo's film retains enormous sociocultural interest as one of the few films by, about, and starring American Indians - a rare feature to concern itself with contemporary Indian lifestyles in lieu of dramatizing Native American histories. Tamara Podemski co-stars as Cufe's sister Miri. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 21 min.

Directed by: Sterlin Harjo

Release Date: January 22, 2007

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DVD Release Date: November 6, 2007

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  • browneyedbluesgirl
    November 18, 2007
    browneyedbluesgirl
    I don't think this movie is for eeryone. However, the dead on depiction of the modern native american family is phenominal. Although I loved Smoke Signals, this trancended that film. It could have just been an honest movie about indian culture but it went on to tell a story with ... read moremeaning and grace.

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Dennis Harvey
January 31, 2007
Dennis Harvey, Variety

Like its shy hero, Four Sheets to the Wind is so low-key it risks making little impression -- until you realize it (and he) has stealthily won viewer sympathy and affection. Full Review

Duane Byrge
January 25, 2007
Duane Byrge, Hollywood Reporter

An uplifting yarn as a young American Indian ventures from the reservation.

Don Willmott
January 13, 2008
Don Willmott, Filmcritic.com

this is what DVD players are for Full Review

Kim Voynar
February 1, 2007
Kim Voynar, Cinematical

A lovely tale about communication, family, forgiveness, and 'something resembling love,' told through the story of a Native American family in small-town Oklahoma. Full Review

Emanuel Levy
January 27, 2007
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

Harjo's likable Native American fable is very much in the tradition of Smoke Signals, except that the equally sentimental narrative centers on a siblings relationsip rather than father-son medlodrama. Full Review

Zack Haddad
January 25, 2007
Zack Haddad, Film Threat

A film with some wonderfuly oddball comedy while also being a very heart-felt statement about expanding on the person you are and finding your true voice. Full Review

February 10, 2007
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