Low-key and sincere, this coming-of-age film fails to vividly convey the urgency of its characters' conflicts, perhaps because the young adults novel on which it's based worked better as a book. Believing that her half-white son needs to be exposed to both sides of his racial heritage, Native American Reno Howl (Sheila Goold), turns over teenage Jesse (Douglas Spain) to sympathetic Link Curren (John Cullum). Link, who lives in small-town Calamus Grove, Oregon, expects his all-American grandson Wade (Jason James Richter), a high school senior, to befriend Jesse, whose mischievous streak often lands him in hot water. Wade, Jesse and Wade's girlfriend, Lorna (Kate Hudso...
Released:
1998
Rated:
R
Length:
111 mins