'

Savage State

Play trailer

1:55

Savage State

2021

2h 1m

Western

Adventure

Drama

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

45%

Tomatometer

11 Reviews

22%

Popcornmeter

Fewer than 50 Ratings

The American Civil War breaks out... A family of French colonists, settled in Missouri, decides to go back to France. Edmond, Madeleine, and their three daughters have to cross the whole country to reach New-York. They are led by the mysterious and dangerous mercenary, Victor.

Watch on Fandango at Home

Buy Now

Peter Sobczynski

RogerEbert.com

While it has an undeniable curiosity factor, the film has merit as a sprawling and effective work that combines the expected action beats with quieter, character-driven moments, and elements of pure weirdness to surprisingly strong effect.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jan 29, 2021

Full Review

Joe Leydon

Variety

Writer-director David Perrault squanders the potential of his early scenes as he allows his film to devolve into an incoherent genre mashup.

Jan 28, 2021

Full Review

Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

A fascinating oddity: An unconventional western dominated by the desires of women.

Jan 28, 2021

Full Review

Audrey Fox

JumpCut Online

What defines Savage State more than anything else is how well it reimagines traditionally masculine western spaces.

Aug 28, 2021

Full Review

Ayeen Forootan

In Review Online

[Savage State does] much with character, and settle[s] instead for cyphers vaguely representative of old Western classics, more fetish than flesh.

Jun 5, 2021

Full Review

Peter Martin

ScreenAnarchy

Features individual scenes that are gorgeous and intriguing, but it doesn't add up to more than its surface attractions.

Rated: 2.5/5.0

Feb 5, 2021

Full Review

Read all reviews

Snowpatriot

Goofs; the yankees who walked in on the dance were not in proper uniform. Enlisted privates with stripes down their legs of their yankee pants; totally out of regulation. The acting was 3rd rate; and the story line made no sense; pass on this one.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

Full Review

Audience Member

It was interesting. I just don't get the part where they're going around the wagon on the brink of a precipice. Why not just climb THROUGH the wagon & avoid danger?

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

Full Review

Audience Member

I didn't pick this movie- my boyfriend did because he loves all movies about war. He soon fell asleep unfortunately. I actually was enthralled with this- the outfits were beautiful and it was exciting. It had an interesting dynamic between the family. Very interesting romances. I thought it was cinematically shot beautifully and the music was ethereal. Interesting mix for a western but I liked it a lot. It worked. The ending was quite satisfying!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

Full Review

Audience Member

It was awful, slow and convoluted. I kept waiting for something to happen. The story made no sense. Don't waste your time.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

Full Review

len s

The storyline sounded great and the movie started out okay but towards the second half it just got a little too bizarre with the female villain leading a bunch of masked zombies to avenge being jilted by her ex-boyfriend. Overall, I thought it was a waste of two hours.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

Full Review

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

POST RATING

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

David Perrault

Director

Alice Isaaz

Esther

Kevin Janssens

Victor

Déborah François

Justine

Bruno Todeschini

Edmond

Constance Dollé

Madeleine

Savage State: Trailer 1

1:55

View more videos

View more photos

Synopsis

The American Civil War breaks out... A family of French colonists, settled in Missouri, decides to go back to France. Edmond, Madeleine, and their three daughters have to cross the whole country to reach New-York. They are led by the mysterious and dangerous mercenary, Victor.

Director: David Perrault
Producer: Sylvain Corbeil, Farès Ladjimi
Screenwriter: David Perrault
Production Co: Centre National du Cinéma et de L'image Animée, Ciné+, Sofica Manon 9, Procirep, Canal+, Compagnie Cinématographique, La, Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Le Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral de Belgique, Téléfilm Canada, Mille et Une Productions, Title Media, Tax Shelter de Movie Tax Invest, La Région Île-de-France, Uproduction, Fondation GAN pour le Cinéma, Metafilms, Panache Productions
Genre: Western, Adventure, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 29, 2021
Runtime: 2h 1m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

Most Popular at Home Now