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The Homesman

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A frontier farm woman (Hilary Swank) saves the life of a claim-jumper (Tommy Lee Jones) and persuades him to help her escort three insane women to a safe haven in Iowa.
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A squarely traditional yet somewhat progressive Western, The Homesman adds another absorbing entry to Tommy Lee Jones' directorial résumé.

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Jason Bailey Flavorwire If 'The Homesman' proves anything, it's that there's no movie that can't get a shot in the arm from a couple scenes of Tommy Lee Jones hollerin' and dancin'. Jun 7, 2016 Full Review Tom Long Detroit News If only things had started out on more solid ground and headed toward some sort of resolution. If only. Rated: C Dec 5, 2014 Full Review Calvin Wilson St. Louis Post-Dispatch Swank, an Oscar winner for "Boys Don't Cry" and "Million Dollar Baby," is outstanding, getting to the essence of Mary Bee's pride and pain. And in the showier role, Jones impressively peels away layers of rambunctiousness to reveal George's humanity. Rated: 3/4 Nov 28, 2014 Full Review Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson Without becoming a version of John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn from “Rooster Cogburn” as a blustering and bickering mismatched pair, both Jones and Swank stay true to the hardscrabble roots needed for this story Rated: 3/5 Oct 18, 2024 Full Review Diego Batlle Otroscines.com The Homesman is a beautiful film that brings a rarely seen female (and feminist) perspective to the stories of the Old West. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 4/5 Apr 12, 2023 Full Review Richard Crouse Richard Crouse Muddier than the rough terrain it takes place on. Rated: 2/5 Feb 2, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 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 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 out of 5 stars 09/28/24 Full Review Mark J A wonderful thought provoking film, shocking and surprising. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/08/24 Full Review Ashes R This movie was really great and unexpected. It's a story about what happened instead of a story about the way things should happen. It doesn't tell you how to feel about anything. Really beautiful artful film, sad and somewhat hopeful. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/19/24 Full Review Diane L Disappointed in the storyline, no grief, no empathy, no explanation on why Cuddy killed herself. Nothing but despair and hopelessness. What a whacked out movie. Acting and storytelling just gets worse & worse as years go on. Hollyweird. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 04/15/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A frontier farm woman (Hilary Swank) saves the life of a claim-jumper (Tommy Lee Jones) and persuades him to help her escort three insane women to a safe haven in Iowa.
Director
Tommy Lee Jones
Producer
Peter Brant, Brian Kennedy, Luc Besson, Tommy Lee Jones
Screenwriter
Tommy Lee Jones, Kieran Fitzgerald, Wesley Oliver, Glendon Swarthout
Distributor
Roadside Attractions
Production Co
EuropaCorp, Javelina Film Company, Ithaca Pictures
Rating
R (Sexual Content|Nudity|Some Disturbing Behavior|Violence)
Genre
Western, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 14, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 2, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.4M
Runtime
2h 2m
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