Slow West

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Slow West

R

Released May 15, 2015

1h 31m

Western

Mystery & Thriller

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A bounty hunter (Michael Fassbender) keeps his true motive a secret from the naive Scottish teenager (Kodi Smit-McPhee) he's offered to serve as bodyguard and guide while the youth searches for his beloved in 1800s Colorado.

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Critics Consensus

Slow West serves as an impressive calling card for first-time writer-director John M. Maclean -- and offers an inventive treat for fans of the Western.

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David Sims

The Atlantic

Slow West crescendos into a bravura shootout between all the involved parties, and it's as gorgeous, nihilistic, and brutally sad as the rest of the film.

Oct 14, 2015

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

With its weirdly lyrical portrait of frontier life, this blackly comic oddity balances on the generic knife edge between the western and the musical.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 28, 2015

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Geoffrey Macnab

Independent (UK)

As the title suggests, Maclean is in no hurry. Even at the most climactic moments, he always looks for an offbeat perspective.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 26, 2015

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Jordan Brooks

Vague Visages

Slow West‘s finest moments are saved for the “final showdown.”

Aug 3, 2023

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

A compelling story set within familiar Western boundaries but strikingly original in the paths it takes.

Rated: 4.5/5

Aug 25, 2022

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Maclean isn’t interested in realizing a Fordian romanticism of the American West; rather, he considers his characters, like Anthony Mann did, as internally conflicted emotional beings who are reflected by their surrounding landscape.

Rated: 4/4

Jun 21, 2022

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Chris T

Stumbled across this one. EXCELLANT. Please watch this, it's a slow burner but the acting is great, the 'funny' bits are and the ending is tragic and exciting at the same time. In a time of green screen and big explosions this is one of the best films I've seen in a long time!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/04/25

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Audience Member

Good movie to watch in western action film on a boy travels to see her friend (Rose) in adventure.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/29/24

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Dani G

A modern, little different western. A "Man with no name" type character, that of Fassbender. Simple, slow-paced, no happy ending for all.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/24

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Angelo R

Yes, it's slow paced but I never lost interest. I really enjoyed how it all wrapped up. Excellent acting all around.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/24/24

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Terry H

Good western feel to it. Slow West is a slow build of character development throughout leading to a pretty good climatic sequence to close it out. Well worth the watch.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/28/23

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Craig F

This is a hilariously awful film. Like I can't believe it was made. (SPOILER AHEAD) The penultimate scene were a stray bullet hits a container on the shelf and LITERALLY POURS SALT in Kodi Smit-McKee's wound. Are you shitting me? Somebody got paid to write this nonsense? I think I saw that in Airplane! No redeeming qualities. .5 stars. Anyone who reviewed this over one star in a professional capacity needs to be dismissed with all possible dispatch.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/25/23

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Synopsis

A bounty hunter (Michael Fassbender) keeps his true motive a secret from the naive Scottish teenager (Kodi Smit-McPhee) he's offered to serve as bodyguard and guide while the youth searches for his beloved in 1800s Colorado.

Director: John Maclean
Producer: Rachel Gardner, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Conor McCaughan
Screenwriter: John Maclean
Distributor: A24
Production Co: See-Saw Films, Rachel Gardner Films, DMC Film
Rating: R (Violence|Brief Language)
Genre: Western, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 15, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 16, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $215.6K
Runtime: 1h 31m

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