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May 28, 2020 · The Homesman is a progressive Western story that shifts the archetypal focus onto women, who are typically marginalized from the genre. The Homesman focuses on the strength and weakness of women living on the frontier, which is a cruel world for them.
Nov 13, 2014 · Volunteering to chaperone to Iowa three young wives devastated by the loss of multiple babies to disease, Mary dragoons George Briggs (Tommy Lee Jones), a feckless claim jumper spectacularly down ...
Mar 14, 2024 · The Homesman is a melancholic Western with a sprawling cast and a sensitive treatment of a moving tale by Tommy Lee Jones.; Hilary Swank delivers a powerful performance as Mary Bee Cuddy, a self ...
Dec 1, 2014 · Hilary Swank and Tommy Lee Jones are getting kudos for their roles in the new female-centric Western called The Homesman, directed and co-written by Jones. The film, adapted from a 1988 novel by Glendon Swarthout, is also getting some decent reviews. The official description of the film: “When three women living on the edge of the American ...
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 ...
Nov 15, 2014 · The Homesman is a horror comedy. There aren't ghouls, gremlins or gross-out gags in the latest drama from actor-turned-director Tommy Lee Jones, but its laissez-faire approach to pummeling the ...
Nov 4, 2014 · THE HOMESMAN is a story of early pioneers in 1850s American West. It celebrates the ones we hear nothing of: the brave women whose hearts and minds were broken by a life of bitter hardship. A “homesman” must be found to escort a handful of them back East to a sanitarium. When none of the county’s men steps up, the job falls to Mary Bee Cuddy --- ex-teacher, spinster, indomitable and ...
