the only good part about this film be the beautiful scenery . this movie be long and boring . the minister should have retire from the pulpit the time his son paul stray from the teaching he proclaim . how many time can his boy take the lord name in vain in this film be from a presbyterian background . it doesn not fit . i wish paul be sweep down the river without a boat at the very begin to spare u the silly and smirkish and selfish story of paul ( brad pitt ) . so norm become a teacher and paul become a compulsive gambler who norm want to rescue but doesn not so what . it very uninteresting . we see the prejudiced white be stand up to by paul because of his native american girl . that be the only part that have some interest and maybe could have be develop into a real wild western . what we only see be a sleepy town where the two minister son have nothing to do but 1. norm chase a lame girlfriend and deal with her family and 2. paul make up dumb story at the newspaper shop while scratch his head and take a lot of swig and tie a lot of fly . i would rather watch a show about fishing that that film again which will be never .