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Nov 14, 2014 · It's a risky film. Sometimes the risks pay off, sometimes they don't, but the feeling of risk infuses the film with chaos, humor, violence, beauty. "The Homesman" doesn't play things safe, and that's a welcome change. Mary Bee Cuddy ( Hilary Swank) is a middle-aged woman, born in upstate New York, who has bought land in the Nebraska territory.
Nov 15, 2014 · But The Homesman has almost none of the romance of the West. Instead, it portrays how civilization insinuates itself in sly little ways, a termite scratching into a seemingly impermeable wall of ...
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Nov 14, 2014 · Set in a flat, unforgiving stretch of the American frontier in the decade before the Civil War, “The Homesman” is both a captivating western and a meticulous, devastating feminist critique of ...
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May 4, 2024 · The Homesman is a brutal look at American frontier life in the 1850s, showcasing harsh realities and unrelenting struggles. Lead performances by Swank and Jones shine in this underrated Western ...
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The Homesman was first printed in 1988, and is highly worthy of its 2014 rerelease. Swarthout’s prose and plot flow like the swirling Missouri River, deceptively smooth but with dangerous undercurrents. His characters are heart-wrenchingly believable because they are drawn from true-life pioneer experiences. Mary Bee Cuddy is simultaneously ...
Nov 14, 2014 · Nothing lasts long in the austere Wild West of Tommy Lee Jones ‘ “The Homesman.”. Crops, infants, kindness, sanity: all are rubbed out of existence by human frailty and the cruel whims of ...
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Nov 17, 2014 · The Homesman is a beautifully stoic film to look at that finds its quiet resolve in its decidedly unquiet characters. Swank brings a whispering uneasiness in her performance that looks like she is ...
