Video review: 'Leave No Trace' offers father-daughter love story

September 29, 2018 at 5:29AM
Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie and Ben Foster in "Leave No Trace."
Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie and Ben Foster in "Leave No Trace." (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

A father-daughter love story

The absorbing, low-key "Leave No Trace" (⋆⋆⋆⋆, rated PG) deals with a troubled veteran (underappreciated virtuoso Ben Foster) and his 13-year-old daughter (luminous Thomasin Harcourt Mc­Kenzie) living off the grid. While unconventional, this is a loving family unit determined to remain side by side as long as possible. How deeply that does and doesn't work out is the drama of this film by Debra Granik ("Winter's Bone"), which makes your heart pound in ways Marvel movies never do.

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