The Homesman

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Eames A The Homesman seems like part of the modern western tradition of today, as in bleak and minimal. It shows what life was really like in the isolated prairie of the great plains. My only problem was the small historical inaccuracies, such as the New Mexico desert landscape being used for Nebraska which is much different. As well as the numerous slaves being shown carried across the Missouri when Iowa was always a free territory. That would have been much further South down to the Mississippi. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/22/25 Full Review Joshua m While the story is slightly odd, it's nicely filmed and the acting is quite good. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/23/24 Full Review Audience Member A bit of a downer but great work from both Hilary Swank and actor/director Tommy Lee Jones even a decade after Feels like one of the great old Western pics We need a 'homesman', that's what Mary Bee Cudy chooses to do when she has to transport 3 mentally unstable women across the country An unexpected assistance from Briggs has her hoping to make it through but the road is full of terrible ordeals, it's hard enough keeping 3 insane women without Mary losing her own sanity It helps this acts as a complex story of gender issues as well as changing conventions on the frontier involving resilience, forgiveness, and redemption The American landscape is a gem to look at, the score is composed authentically, and Jones directs the story with such grittiness and enough of a bleak edge There is a lot of heavy stuff to take in considering this is during the 1860's making it unforgiving, isolating, empty and lonely but it's done so magically Swank and Jones are fantastic leads in a hard place that creates hard people that maybe are incapable of change Good and bad still exist everywhere and this is a Western movie willing to show it Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/15/24 Full Review J. F. A This was a really good film until a stupid scene concerning the Fairmont Hotel. That was just dumb writing. The acting was very good throughout! Swank and Jones are perfect. Especially the sex scene!!! Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/11/24 Full Review julie t Although this film wasn't quite what I initially expected, I thought it was extremely good. Some of the twists and turns were truly shocking and tragic and the end was just like life, something important and meaningful drifting off to nowhere, dead ends and so much unresolved. I don't know what conclusions can be drawn, but it was certainly thought-provoking Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/28/24 Full Review Mark J A wonderful thought provoking film, shocking and surprising. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/08/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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