i saw the premiere of this movie at the sundance film festival . it start out a a rather intriguing character study in a beautiful agrarian setting . the audience be immediately endear to the main character and duncan and play excellently by emile hirsch . however and duncan vacant naivete becomes ridiculous . the film doesn not go any deep into him than it do at the beginning . duncan be also rather stupid . of course and he mean to be pure and innocent and but the concept just go too far . duncan be silly enough to take his dear pet chicken on a truck ride with some crazy drunk kid and and he continually go back to them despite his acknowledgement that theyre only play with him . a search for acceptance would be a credible explanation if duncan weren not so relentlessly stupid for the entire film . there no enlightenment . there no character arc . and i wouldn not suggest that an animal right activist ( like myself ) should watch the end . i would not give it away and though i almost already have . in any case and when an audience member ask the director or writer and michael burke and why he choose to give the film the end it have which be undoubtedly the lurk question that everyone be mull over but afraid to ask burke answer and well and i get to the end and that what happen . here we be all expect some story of catharsis and liberation and and it be reveal to u that not only do the end have no thought behind it and but the rest of the movie be thoughtless as well . the actor be great and and there be a few suspenseful scene and and duncan be rather lovable if you do not think much about it and but if i weren not an emile hirsch or thomas guiry fan and i would skip it . there nothing to learn or discover here .