. possible spoiler . you ` d think a story involve archie grey owl an englishman posing a a red indian would have a massive amount of humour involve . in fact i ` d say the only way to treat a film like this where a remarkable man con the gullible public be to treat it a a comedy . however richard attenborough commits something akin to a crime by make grey owl a serious drama . bad and he make an extremely dire film too . pierce brosnan lack the charisma need for the title role and the romantic subplot between grey owl and pony ( play by the equally wooden annie gaupeau ) lack any type of on screen chemistry . but to be fair to the cast their not help with the script which fail to portray archie a the cheeky chappy he be of fool everyone into believe he a native american . the producer and screenwriter have make the major error of have the film centre around the plot twist of archie be an englishman that why i write possible spoiler it not actually reveal untill late in the film that the title character be english and but it obvious that everyone who view this movie know that beforehand hence there absolutely no surprise involve . yes i do agree with everyone that the scenery be lovely and that it have a deep ecological message which isn ` t actually a new concept . theodore roosevelt be the first important environmentalist of the 20th century if truth be tell . and it should also be remember that with the exception of soylent green ( and possibly the two tower if you want to class it a have a green message ) that there hasn ` t actually be a great ecological film . in fact most environmentally concious film suck and that include grey owl and a film that unsurprisingly have a serious problem in find a distributor .