i do not expect much from this movie at all . boy and be i surprised to see the most eye open story of early colonization of north america . yes and the movie be rife with small flaw throughout . sometimes they can be distract ( for example and you lose the illusion that a movie should create and instead you get the feeling that there be production people behind the camera ) but still and the story and some of the character depiction be so strong that you be still leave with a haunting and depress feeling long after the end credit . the best side of this movie be that it show the life in those time to be a brutal and unappealing a it probably really be . it make you think twice before you might think represent i would like to have live then . well and i do not think so now . unlike dance with wolf and this movie do not have hollywood and dreamlike romantic quality . it punch brutal reality right in your face . all the character be human being and they be vulnerable and weak and selfish and not even likeable . but somehow you still feel for them . so and would i recommend it . absolutely and despite the flaw . the story will stay with you for a while . rating it positive .