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Dominican Rep. The Claim
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Western. Drama. Romance
The story begins twenty years after the Gold Rush of 1849, which prompted one of the largest human migrations in history, as a half-million people from around the world descended in droves upon primal California in search of rumored gold. Daniel Dillon (Peter Mullan) is a pioneer who defied the harsh winter landscape and amassed unimaginable riches, becoming the veritable king of a thriving mountain town called Kingdom Come, where he ... [+]
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"I liked The Claim -- as much for its stark visual beauty and impassioned performances as its intelligent script and willingness to probe the tragic side of life." | ||
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"There's something almost too controlled, cerebral, and overdetermined about Winterbottom's Western notions." | ||
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"Stark, haunting, epic, and mournful, The Claim is a mountain of a film." | ||
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"It overcomes some patchiness to turn into a rich emotional experience" | ||
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"The actors seem as frozen as the landscape in this unsuccessful attempt at a grand and profound Western about the California Gold Rush." | ||
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"Aside from an uninspired script by Frank Cotrell Boyce, is that none of the assembled actors really has enough star presence to compete with the sheer spectacle." | ||
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"A languorously muted, occasionally magnificent film." | ||
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"Sadly the film is so elusive, so distant, that it never seems more than half-alive" | ||
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"Nicely acted, wonderfully scenic but emotionally vapid." |
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