goldenfeather2000

Be ready to laugh, cry and feel good when you see this film. The main characters are Native Americans, in a non-Native quandry. A freshly divorced, hunky, yuppie Native American hotel owner has to shape up his authority-resistant, rag-tag domestic staff for a make-or-break visit from a hot-shot hotelier guide book spy. The hotel owner's mischievious tribal Chief dad has been writing misleading love letters to a female pen pal on the opposite coast. Her curiosity gets the better of her and she decides to do some spying of her own. Nothing is what it seems. Both visits coincide and collide with the deepest desires of the hotel owner, his dad, the spy and the pen pal gal. Loaded with charm, naturalistically acted and beautifully cast with some familiar faces-some new faces-Graham Green [Dances With Wolves]is a standout as the passive-aggressive-vegetarian-activist Cordon Bleu chef. Tim Vahle is adorable as the yuppie Native, and MariAna Tosca is captivating as the unexpectedly lovely pen pal widow. 'Clouds has a modern day Capra-esque feel of mistaken identity, pure chemistry, fantasy and higher instincts refound. Shot in the new, gorgeous SUNDANCE lodge in Utah, it really makes you long for Christmas to come early. You can take your kids, the only nude scene is the turkey's.