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The Homesman

2014

Tommy Lee Jones

Hilary Swank, Tommy Lee Jones, Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto ...

6.3

6,100

Western. Drama Mary Bee Cuddy, 31, lives a solitary existence in a God-fearing mid-western town. She is designated by members of her church to take back East three women who have lost their minds. On the way from Nebraska to Iowa, where those women will at last find refuge, Mary Bee saves the life of Briggs, a claim-jumper and outlaw. He agrees to help in her mission through snowstorms and perilous encounters with settlers, Indians and the harshness of the Frontier territory. [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Tommy Lee Jones shows some true storytelling grit in this superbly watchable frontier western (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"
		Peter Debruge Variety	"Jones never seems to indulge excess on the part of his cast. Though the characters are strong, the performances are understated (...) He says a thing or two on [women] with a sensitivity that comes as a welcome surprise."
		Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"An absorbing, melancholy look at the hard lot of women in the Old West. (...) [The movie is] lyrical and shocking, weirdly funny and grimly serious"
		Oliver Lyttelton IndieWire	"While the film’s not terribly satisfying, sitting too awkwardly on screen to feel fully-achieved, it’s an odd enough bird that it’s more than worth the watch. And Jones, if nothing else, remains a confident director."
		A. O. Scott The New York Times	"The Homesman is both a captivating western and a meticulous, devastating feminist critique of the genre"
		Claudia Puig USA Today	"The Homesman aims for a story that's poignant and told sparely, but comes across as mawkish, tedious and self-indulgent (...) Rating: ★½ (out of four)"

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