the movie plot seem to have be construct from a disjointed dream . there be not enough realism to hold the viewer interest . the vermont farm scene be a failed opportunity to show the way farm be set up and farm family live which would have be interesting and entertain . there be little if no research into the whiskey bootleg trade of the period . the costume of the canadian look like something from the french revolution and totally unbelievable . the fiddle playing be good and of the time period but chris motion while supposedly play be unbelievable . the owl appearance be a never explain mystery and the train disappear into thin air be too much . i couldn not understand how a live trout get frozen into the ice and why two men in the wilderness without food would release the trout and a good food source .