Its amorphousness may put some off, but make no mistake this film is genius, often poetic, often quasi-documentary and held together with a remarkable performance by Frances McDormand. For a film about nomads to offer so much hope and using so little dialogue to do it is a major achievement and Chloé Zhao absolutely deserves her Oscars. Her masterpiece says a lot about America, about the human condition but above all about authenticity and never for a moment sacrifices its own to do so. Swankie broke my heart. David Strathairn accompanied by his real world family was touching, and even though I was never entirely sure what I was watching, I couldn’t take my eyes off McDormand until the very end.