Butcher's Crossing

R

Released Oct 20, 2023

1 hr. 45 min.

Western

Adventure

Drama

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74%

61 Reviews

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47%

Fewer than 50 Verified Ratings

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Based on the seminal novel by John Edward Williams, Gabe Polsky's epic frontier adventure, Butcher's Crossing, is a riveting commentary on human nature, ambition, masculinity, and man's relationship to his natural environment. Academy Award™ winner Nicolas Cage (1996, Best Actor, Leaving Las Vegas) stars in a gritty story about buffalo hunters in the Old West. Will Andrews (Fred Hechinger) has left Harvard to find adventure. He teams up with Miller (Cage), a mysterious frontiersman offering an unprecedented number of buffalo pelts in a secluded valley. Their crew must survive an arduous journey where the harsh elements will test everyone's resolve, leaving their sanity on a knife's edge.

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Critics Consensus

Butcher's Crossing benefits from Nicolas Cage's lead turn, which helps make this largely boilerplate Western more compelling than not.

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richard f

I was hoping that Cage could use this Character to create a different feel from him. unfortunately he's the regular Nick Cage with a shaved head. without giving too much away, they're stuck in a brutal winter in the middle of nowhere for 8 months, and the movie spends about 20 minutes on this 8 month survival. The upsetting part is to find out the millions of American bison that were nearly pushed to extinction during this part of the nation's history.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/28/23

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Magesh

Beautifully shot. Well acted by Nic Cage. Good watch

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/26/23

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Kevin

This movie could have been premiered on regular television

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/26/23

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Susanne

It was sad and boring.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/24/23

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Julie S

i didn't care for the movie-Love Nicholas Cage but the story was boring and the end was pointless.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/22/23

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Justin

Butcher's Crossing is a film about greed, waste, and madness. A story that needs to be told even though it can be unsettling at times. The acting is great and the landscapes are beautiful to look at. The only reason I'm not giving Butchers Crossing 5 stars is because it's very slow moving and at times it dragged to a crawl. Not very much action in this movie but nonetheless it's a worthy addition to Nick Cage’s filmography!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/22/23

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Gabe Polsky

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Nicolas Cage

Miller

Fred Hechinger

Will Andrews

Rachel Keller

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Paul Raci

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Xander Berkeley

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Ryan Gilbey

Guardian

The film doesn’t really know what it is or who it’s for.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 1, 2023

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Kyle Smith

Wall Street Journal

The film’s hints of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Moby-Dick and The Old Man and the Sea lend some much-needed weight to what would otherwise be a pedestrian story of men fighting the elements and one another.

Oct 23, 2023

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Joe Leydon

Variety

Cage is welcomely understated in a performance that is all the more impressive for his avoiding his trademark excess.

Oct 22, 2023

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Robert W. Butler

Butler's Cinema Scene

Butcher’s Crossing is nothing less than a landlocked Moby Dick, a tale of obsession and madness on a sea of grass.

Rated: B

Apr 4, 2024

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John Serba

Decider

When you have Hollywood’s loosest nut at your disposal and you don’t get the most from him, well, that’s a paddlin’.

Apr 1, 2024

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Sebastian Zavala Kahn

Cinencuentro

It manages to hypnotise, thanks to its characters, certain visual aspects, and the performance of one Nicolas Cage, one of my favourite actors (and whose presence is invaluable in this kind of medium-sized indie film). Full review in Spanish.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 24, 2024

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Synopsis

Based on the seminal novel by John Edward Williams, Gabe Polsky's epic frontier adventure, Butcher's Crossing, is a riveting commentary on human nature, ambition, masculinity, and man's relationship to his natural environment. Academy Award™ winner Nicolas Cage (1996, Best Actor, Leaving Las Vegas) stars in a gritty story about buffalo hunters in the Old West. Will Andrews (Fred Hechinger) has left Harvard to find adventure. He teams up with Miller (Cage), a mysterious frontiersman offering an unprecedented number of buffalo pelts in a secluded valley. Their crew must survive an arduous journey where the harsh elements will test everyone's resolve, leaving their sanity on a knife's edge.

Director: Gabe Polsky
Executive Producer: Richard J. Berthy, Jane Oster Sinisi, William V. Bromiley, Shanan Becker, Jonathan Saba, Ness Saban, Gursharn Khaira, Mike Runagall, Peter Touche, Christelle Conan, Andrea Scarso, Alan Polsky
Screenwriter: Gabe Polsky, Liam Satre-Meloy
Distributor: Saban Films
Production Co: Phiphen Pictures, Saban Films, Saturn Films, Gabriel Polsky Productions, Conqueror Productions, Altitude Film Entertainment, Ingenious Media
Rating: R (Some Violence/Bloody Images|Language|Brief Sexual Content)
Genre: Western, Adventure, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 20, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 7, 2023

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