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Nov 14, 2014 · So he's a little nuts, too. Beautifully conceived and shot, the section is a tangent, but it is extremely revealing about Briggs' character, as well as a sardonic, pointed commentary about the concept of civilization. Civilization, as represented by the small huddle of farms out in Nebraska, does its best to help those who need it.
Apr 15, 2021 · Patrick T. Reardon April 15th, 2021. Midway through Glendon Swarthout’s 1988 novel, The Homesman, Mary Bee Cuddy wakes up and, from her bedroll by the frame wagon, hears the good-for-nothing cull Briggs, the claim-jumper she saved from hanging, shouting, “Whooeee!”. There, by the fire, he is dancing. It astonishes her.
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The Homesman. Written by Glendon Swarthout. Review by Jo Ann Butler. Anyone who imagines that a homesteader’s life on America’s Great Plains was all “ Little House on the Prairie ” hasn’t tried it.
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Nov 15, 2014 · The Homesman Is an Unromantic Western. By Bilge Ebiri, a film critic for New York and Vulture. Tommy Lee Jones’s The Homesman is a halting, uncertain work by design. Set in the bleak,...
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Nov 14, 2014 · NYT Critic’s Pick. Directed by Tommy Lee Jones. Drama, Western. R. 2h 2m. By A.O. Scott. Nov. 13, 2014. Plenty of words might describe Mary Bee Cuddy, the Nebraska farmer played by Hilary Swank in...
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Dec 2, 2014 · The Homesman examines the human condition at a much more primal, and pure, level than can be constrained by modern political labels and ideologies. This is a genuinely thought-provoking, and...
Nov 17, 2014 · Reviews. The Homesman Review. The new Tommy Lee Jones and Hilary Swank movie is a western in name only. But is The Homesman worth the ride? Here's our review... By David Crow | November 17,...
