The Homesman (2014)

The Evolution of Hailee Steinfeld (32 movies items)

"Tabitha Hutchinson"

Movies watched in 2022 (93 movies items)

"19.7."

An average movie

“I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a decent cast involved, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, to be honest, I turned out to be actually slightly disappointing. I mean, I have to admit it, the concept was interesting. Indeed, it was the first time I saw a movie focusing on the psychological damage following the harsh living conditions on the Frontier. Unfortunately, the first issue was that we never get to know these 3 women. Sure, they gave us a few flashback scenes explaining how and why they snapped at some point but we never got to see them before. To make things worse, they became more apathic and lifeless as the story moved forward so it was rather difficult to relate with them and care for what might happen to them. Still, they did somethi” read more

Closer to Death (10 movies items)

" "She thinks she's God.""

Slant's 100 Best Westerns of All Time (100 movies items)

"Just as Tommy Lee Jones’s contemporary western The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada displayed a surprising empathy for marginalized figures, so, too, does his belated follow-up, The Homesman, examine the tropes and mythos of the American West through the perspectives of those marginalized within it. The filmmaker and actor plays the titular character, but the true stars of the film are Hilary Swank as Mary Bee Cuddy and Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto, and Sonja Richter as the three mentally ill"

6,006 Movies For a Post-Covid World... (6013 movies items)

"DULL MOVIE! Review coming soon... "

The Homesman Never Dies

“

Hilary Swank tries her darnedest to win another Oscar but fails. This is a thankless role, much like her character. What saves it is Tommy Lee Jones' unrestrained performance and nice cinematography.

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Aprakadabra's Movie Diary - 2018 & 2017 (226 movies items)

"Katsottu: 12.6"

Miika's Movie Diary - 2017 (250 movies items)

"12.6, Blu-ray "

Meryl Streep Films Viewed by Kathy (26 movies items)

" Director: Tommy Lee Jones Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, Miranda Otto, Sonja Richter, Meryl Streep, John Lithgow, James Spader, Hailee Steinfeld, Caroline Lagerfelt, Tim Blake Nelson, Jesse Plemons, William Fichtner, David Dencik, Barry Corbin, Evan Jones, Jo Harvey Allen and Karen Jones When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the wom"

Watched in 2016 (161 movies items)

"17.12 "

The Homesman

“The Homesman is something of a mess, but in fractured moments it possess a stark, uncompromising poetry and a stellar pair of lead performances. The problem is, instead of just leaving well enough alone and pointing the camera at Hilary Swank and Tommy Lee Jones, Jones, who also directs, takes the narrative from wild turns of ambiguity and calamity into wild torrents of absurdity. There seems to be some internal struggles throughout The Homesman between regurgitating western totems and tropes with little thought to challenging them or their meanings, and giving the whole genre a feminist spin. Guess which one wins out in the end.   In its earliest moments, we believe that The Homesman will give voice to the women so often regulated to the sidelines or completely left out of the narrativ” read more

America's Got Talent... Meryl Streep (71 movies items)

"Altha Carter"