Review of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Woah.. this film really surprised me. I expected it to be good, but this was way more than I expected. It was amazing and I really enjoyed it, I can understand some people might not like it as much as others, but that's always the case with any movie.

This film tells the story of Jesse James, an American Outlaw and his life. It doesnt cover everything, but just about everything interesting enough to be made into a movie. The title basically gives away what will happen that the end, so there's no surprise to his assassination. Robert Ford is only really just a kid when he joins Jesse James' gang, looking up to him as a hero until he realises that Jesse doesn't think highly of him just like everyone else. In the movie we experience the shooting, friends and family life of Jesse James.

Brad Pitt was excellent as always, I had no doubt that he would completely ace his role in this. Casey Affleck who I'm not really familiar with played the character with amazing emotion, he really brought something to this movie it just wouldn't have been as good without. Sam Rockwell was fantastic like the other movies I have seen with him, the part he had he played brilliantly and again, I couldn't think of a better casing choice.

It's more a drama than action in most cases, so don't expect this to be full of shooting and killing etc. It does go for a while but it couldn't have been as good without some of the scenes, and at the end you might be left still questioning what happened. This ending was satisfying in that it told you everything you would want to know.

9/10