Old
Joy
director
Kelly
Reichardt
crafts
this
intimate
tale
of
Wendy,
an
alienated
Indiana
woman
who
packs
up
her
car
and
sets
her
sights
on
Alaska,
but
finds
herself
stranded
in a
small
Oregon
town
with
no
money
and
only
her
faithful
dog
Lucy
to
keep
her
company.
When
Wendy
realizes
that
there's
nothing
keeping
her
in
her
home
state
of
Indiana,
she
makes
the
decision
to
relocate
to
Alaska
and
seek
out
work
at
the
local
fish
cannery.
Her
four-legged
friend
Lucy
in
the
passenger
seat
next
to
her,
Wendy
stops
off
to
get
some
rest
in a
small
Oregon
town.
The
following
morning,
when
Wendy
attempts
to
start
her
car,
the
engine
fails
to
respond.
But
this
is
only
the
first
in a
series
of
snowballing
events,
because
as
Wendy
waits
for
the
local
garage
to
open
she
heads
to
the
supermarket
to
pick
up
some
dog
food
for
Lucy.
Opting
to
shoplift
the
puppy
chow
since
she
doesn't
have
much
cash
to
speak
of,
Wendy
subsequently
finds
herself
in
the
local
jail
thanks
to
an
overzealous
employee.
By
the
time
Wendy
pays
her
fine
and
gets
back
to
the
supermarket,
Lucy
is
gone.
Unfortunately
the
dog
pound
doesn't
open
until
the
following
morning,
and
after
receiving
some
help
from
a
kindly
local
Wendy
gets
some
particularly
bad
news
about
her
car.
-
Jason
Buchanan,
All
Movie
Guide
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