Hostiles

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  • 2018


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Average Rating 3.5/5
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2.8
Dozens more will be butchered to appease the themes of director Scott Coopers script: the sin and apparent redemption of the American myth, complete w .. Av Club
2.5
While occasionally soulful, the repetitive nature of that point suggests the characters are riding in circles instead of due west or to any sort of gr .. Den Of Geek
4.5
Worse still, Coopers well meant desire to make a film about the dehumanising effects of violence doesnt extend to making his Native American character .. Den Of Geek
3.2
Prior to the rise of superhero movies, the Western was the most static and strictly codified genre we had, but the best of them have always leveraged .. Indie Wire
3.5
The timing of Hostiles two years after the Wounded Knee Massacre places it just after the raging fire of the American Indian Wars has died out, and Am .. Austin Chronicle
4.5
If theres a shortcoming, its that Yellow Hawk and his family seem underwritten, but thats sometimes a hidden strength. Austin Chronicle
4.0
Hostiles disarming finale packs an earned, radiantly optimistic punch. Time Out
5.0
It does disappoint that the film cant find the space to make the Native American characters more substantial. Screen Daily
3.5
Hostiles captures this constant threat beautifully, with riveting moments of action and drama making it hard to predict who will make it out in the en .. ETimes (TOI)
2.5
No doubt Joe and Roses stories are interesting and compelling, but there persists this nagging feeling that their characters are somewhat co opting th .. Collider
4.5
While the pacing can get frustratingly languid at times, and theres a bit of a disconnect between theme and whats on screen, Christian Bale terrifical .. Collider
5.0
Hostiles is a brutal if well intentioned film that doesnt help its cause with its lack of development of its Native characters. Vulture
3.8
This adds up to a film thats beautifully shot and acted, but also meandering, overlong and only sporadically focused on its central issues. Rogerebert
2.5
Hostiles is a big production with a great cast but it plays like a revisionist western from several revisions ago. IGN
5.0
From her first appearance in this Grand Guignol screamfest, Bette Daviss performance is the stuff not just of a thousand prize winning drag impersonat .. Telegraph
3.5
It wont be enough to convert naysayers to Coopers work, but it should reach more audiences than his previous efforts. The Young Folks
4.0
Its a large scale, epic, adult western a rare thing on the big screen this way. JoBlo
3.0
Hostiles is grim and slow burn to a fault in its deconstruction of the American Wests violent legacy, but strong performances keep the film on track. Screen Rant
2.5
The movie is set in 1892, when it likely would have been possible to travel most of the way to Montana by train. Philly
4.0
The salutary message of Hostiles is that close encounters with those we hate can bring about a transformation of our attitudes and expectations. Spirituality And Practice
3.5
Epic in length, deliberately paced and shot through with bursts of graphic violence, Hostiles is in many respects a grueling experience, but overall a .. One Guys Opinion
1.9
And while theres a lot to be said for genre busting entries in the horse opera vein, I caught myself hating Scott Coopers muddle of a movie, more ofte .. Rogers Movie Nation
4.2
10 1 9 / 10 Writer/director Scott Cooper doesnt take it easy on his characters. Blu Ray
3.1
(It wants to be a very pro Indian movie, but has very little use for them.) Combust Ible Celluloid
2.5
The journey is beautifully shot by cinematographer Masanobu Takayanagi, but Bales genius is wastedhes often resigned to looking sullen and straining t .. Chicago Reader
2.5
Its nothing that Blocker hasnt done in the past, the prisoner points out. Mark Reviews Movies
4.0
Is there any big screen experience more rousing to the soul and satisfying to the mind than a bloody good western The Times
3.5
Westerns are versatile, you can use the genre to tell any kind of story about human relationships, including ones about racial hatred and the emotiona .. Lariat
4.0
The movie is far from predictable, and nobody in the cast is safe. News Review
1.0
Cooper made a decent, low key debut with the Jeff Bridges vehicle Crazy Heart, but ever since then he has wallowed in pointless violence and thunderou .. News Review
4.0
Even so, this is a solid and often terrific addition to the western genre. Screen It
4.4
In the midst of unbridled ugliness, the beauty of the landscape shot with a poets eye by the gifted Masanobu Takayanagi suggests a path ahead.Cooper s .. Rolling Stone
4.0
This may be a relentlessly harsh story, but the internalised perspectives make it strongly involving. Shadows On The Wall
5.0
Cooper effectively builds his tale layer upon layer, and cumulatively the chapters create a landscape of sorrow. The Wrap
5.0
The Western keeps reinventing itself.Each generation finds its own way of adapting the genre to reflect our countrys social evolution and gradual enli .. The Wrap
5.0
Scott Coopers Hostiles is a western that wants to encompass the entire moral history of the Indian Wars into one fell, vengeance rattled saga. Film Journal
4.0
And both films are anchored by two of the finest, unusually understated Christian Bale performances youre likely to see. Hindustan Times
4.0
Theres a gritty integrity and plaintive poetry to this end of an era western from Crazy Heart director Scott Cooper. The Guardian
3.0
This is a little glib, although the films immediate dramatic effects are potent enough and its response to the mysterious grandeur of the Old West is .. The Guardian
3.0
You might also consider it slow, even boring.The landscape is beautiful yet forbidding; cinematographer Masanobu Takayanagi captures both aspects. Az Central
3.1
Bale does outstanding work, revealing unexpected depths of intelligence and sensitivity. Star Tribune
3.8
The narrative vehicle for this moral regeneration is one of the oldest in the book: the journey. Q Network
4.0
You can easily imagine this tale in the hands of great Western directors of the past, perhaps John Ford or Howard Hawks, who might have cast Robert Mi .. Daily Mail
4.5
Westerns can be a tough nut to crack, but Hostiles may be the finest example of the genre since Unforgiven. Ew
4.0
Nevertheless, this is a sincere, thought provoking drama that rewards the patient viewer and features an understated Bale as a man finally coming to t .. Flim List
1.5
The performances by everyone in Hostiles were good, but nothing spectacular. Film Inquiry
3.0
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic and a killer, states the preface by D.H. Lawrence. Susang Ranger
3.8
Hostiles breathes fresh oxygen into a genre as old as a Confederate cough. Observer
3.0
This otherwise typically macho, violent Western offers strong performances and occasionally good dialogue; its most interesting aspect is how it depic .. Common Sense Media
3.0
The story may not reach its ambitious expectations, but it still comes through with grit, violence, and serviceable acting from all involved.Hostiles .. Flickering Myth
5.0
The spectacular performance of the actors against the scenic Rocky Mountains is something you should not miss. Book My Show
2.5
Yet the bare script seems written by telegram, reducing the characters to pieces on a historical chessboard, and the portentous pace and lugubrious to .. New Yorker
3.2
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1.9
Even Unforgiven, which is revered by younger filmmakers for its sense of despair, is a comic and colorful character study, with vignettes that resist .. Slant Magazine
1.5
Pikes searing grief hangs heavy over the rest of the film, for whatever it shows next, from peeling off of scalps, to the many deaths and even rapes, .. The New Indian Express
3.8
If those impulses dont always move easily in harness, this demonstration of ambition is nonetheless a welcome addition to the cinematic season. Washington Post
3.5
It aims for epic grandeur, ethical clarity and also a measure of historical credibility. The New York Times
4.0
Christian Bale is a cavalry captain confronted by his part in the legacy of taming the wild frontier There are echoes of Dances With Wolves and the Jo .. Express
2.8
Every single action proves overt to the point of superficiality with Hostiles becoming less introspective drama than unsubtle parable.The demons grab .. The Film Stage
3.1
Thats often true of the film itself.Old school fans of old school, pre sensitive Westerns may well roll their eyes at Blockers massive, rather prepost .. Chicago Tribune
2.5
Theyre all left to twist in a film that imagines it has the epic historical melancholy of Clint Eastwoods Unforgiven or James Greys The Immigrant but .. Boston Globe
2.5
You know what the real white mans burden is.Living with the guilt of the colonialism, oppression, and genocide you are party to. Flickfilosopher
4.0
Yet there is some hope in a lovely, extended final shot.A good way to finish off the cinematic year. The Irish Times
2.5
Its a simplistic emotional arc that Cooper portrays with maximum self importance, running the characters through increasingly brutal and unpleasant te .. Las Vegas Weekly
4.4
It is emotionally intense but the catharsis is worth the investment. ReelViews
4.0
Contemplative and absorbing rather than rip roaring and exciting, the film will likely play better to Western connoisseurs than to general and younger .. Hollywood Reporter
2.0
But in the movie, Studis job is mostly to sit nobly atop a horse and speak pithy words of wisdom, so the darker history of warfare Blocker is trying t .. The Atlantic
4.3
Its engaging, beautifully shot and features captivating performances. Lyles Movie Files
3.5
And the violence itself is effectively blunt and brutal, making this a Western worth recommending to genre fans despite the films bigger problems. Birth Movies Death
2.0
Coopers primary concern is giving Blocker an opportunity for a new life, despite his decades of despicable behavior, and the films inability to see it .. Pajiba
4.4
It is an angry film, a belligerent, violent and bleakly desolate examination of xenophobia and racism that is fearless in its willingness to subvert a .. Movie Freak
3.5
He does an exceptional job, and Bale makes you feel Blockers anguish.Tougher to swallow is the characters inner transition, and Coopers script feels l .. Detroit News
3.5
But just how progressive is a movie that draws a false equivalency between individual Indian attacks and large scale, government sanctioned genocide Variety
3.1
The genre may be on life support, given a general lack of popularity with the American public and abroad, but filmmakers still feel the pull to put th .. Groucho Reviews
2.5
Ultimately this is a hard movie to recommend it does attempt some important themes but its overlong and just too cheerless to sit through considering .. Firstpost
3.0
Christian Bale turns in a solid, stoic performance as a gruff soldier, but writer director Scott Coopers earnest film doesnt break much ground. Cnn
3.8
Regardless, we dont get Westerns very often anymore, so for whatever didactic quality Hostiles may possess, its positives make it a sufficiently satis .. Aisle Seat
4.5
Coopers film respects the flawed humanity of its lead protagonist. Tumblr
3.2
If the sum of the film never rises to the highs of some of its most moving parts, those parts are nevertheless worth attention on their own. Consequence Of Sound
2.0
And while given the narrative theres little room for moments of light relief, this unrelentingly bleak affair is just lacking a sense of entertainment .. Hey U Guys
3.8
Context helps this is set in 1892, after all and so does the quality of the acting, which elevates the film beyond its blinkered tale of reconciliatio .. The Star
2.8
Clearly, Coopers historical intentions are well founded and justified. No one would argue that point. We just wish the final product werent so problem .. The Play List
3.8
Even if we cant quite see the transition, we can feel the end of the era just beyond the horizon. Deseret News
4.5
With Hostiles, Cooper opts to repudiate the notion of the classic American western. Film School Rejects
3.0
You may feel virtuous for having watched Hostiles, but you may find yourself a hankering for a John Wayne movie afterward. Maki At The Movies
3.0
It stays with you.But you get back on your horse and carry on down the road. Cine Vue
2.8
Published on Feb 9, 2018 A meaningful, harsh and authentic look at the toll the expansion to the west took on civilians, Native Americans, and soldier .. You Tube
5.0
And while the setting is 126 years ago, there is an eerie modern day resonance throughout. Raidió Teilifís Éireann
3.0
Its probably more an elegiac drama in the vein of Dances with Wolves than it is a distant relative of John Fords The Searchers. Lw Lies
2.5
Despite a number of very good performances and some starkly gorgeous vistas, it slowly, solemnly trots towards pretension. The Stranger
4.3
Thats a story weve seen before, and that if the adventure is exciting enough we can almost always abide, even if its troubling that none of the Cheyen .. Ar Kansas Online
3.0
The best of Hostiles is powerful and memorable, its strengths amplified by Masanobu Takayanagis haunting cinematography and Max Richters score. The Arts Desk
3.0
AN ABSOLUTELY brutal prologue in which Rosamund Pikes Rosalie Quaid goes from happily married mum of three to a lonely blood soaked mute in 30 seconds .. The Sun
5.0
The time is 1892, when the Indian wars have started to wind down, and the place is a U.S. Cavalry fort in New Mexico, where scores of American Indian .. Wsj
3.0
Well intentioned, and framed in exquisite cinematography that is far more lyrical than the storytelling, it is less enjoyable than it is edifying, not .. Killer Movie Reviews
3.5
The films cinematography captures both the Wests harshness and its beauty and makes for another compelling reason to watch this brutal, honest and hau .. FilmFare
2.2
Clearly, its Coopers intent to make Hostiles his Unforgiven, but what hes wrought is closer to Unforgivable. Patriot Ledger
1.5
It doesnt draw meaningful conclusions about the American frontier other than the fact that a lot of it sucked, and that the white people were responsi .. Ign
4.4
Its the stuff of John Ford Westerns, of the best Clint Eastwood films of the genre. Chicago Sun Times
3.0
Its a familiar story, but with so many Native American characters along for the entire journey its a shame we dont get to see things from their perspe .. Punch Drunk Critics
2.0
To put all this another way: heres an exceptionally timely neowestern that goes out of its way to press all the right buttons, and ends up being treme .. Straight
3.0
From Entertainment Studios, Hostiles is a gripping western with good performances and direction. Movie Web
3.0
By turns deliberative and chaotic, brutal and merciful, definitely bleak and just maybe hopeful, Hostiles could have ended with its penultimate scene, .. Sandiego Reader
2.8
Though many films can profit from a slow pace, the tempo frequently halts the momentum of a tale that is more about its varied cinematography than abo .. Shockya
4.0
Yes, it goes where you think it will go, but Cooper throws in plenty of colour in the secondary characters. Straits Times
4.0
Cooper certainly serves up the action sequences expected from this genre but isnt afraid to play his film at a deliberately paced tempo that serves th .. Dead Line
3.1
Hostiles starts with one of the stupidest, if not THE stupidest pioneer in the Wild West facing off with Comanche warriors attacking his prairie home. Daily Herald
4.4
Rosamund Pike captures something very few actresses could have in a role that honestly should have been given more exploration beyond its initial intr .. Awards Circuit
4.4
It makes for a potent narrative but Coopers film might disappoint traditionalists seeking a shoot em up. Mercury News
2.0
With lesser performances, its rangy story could have easily gotten lost in its own histrionics. No La
3.5
This is a somber, contemplative, steadied film infused with resonant, modern social commentary. Overall, Hostiles gives a fully satisfying audience ex .. Fresh Fiction
4.5
Its a folk fable in the common parlance, a modest legend told in the vernacular. East Bay Express
1.5
It turned out to be a big, fat, boring mistake.Hostiles is a revisionist western that couldve used some serious revising. Seven Day Svt
5.0
Like everything else in the film, its equal parts brutal and beautiful. National Post
3.0
But if theres one major oversight in this film, for all its epic scope, its that despite its sincerely felt subject matter, everything is seen through .. Bfi
3.5
Writer/director Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart) is careful about drawing lines between good guys and bad. Original Cin
1.0
These degraded genre films manifest something worse than an ignorance of movie history. National Review
4.5
The film is contemporary through its message, even though it still takes place in the gritty Old West. Cultured Vultures
3.5
I wanted to honor the legacy of wonderful films in the Western genre. New City Film
4.0
Add to this group long time performers like Ben Foster and Scott Wilson, as well as the quiet, dignified Studi, and you have a cast that is more than .. Media Mikes
3.3
Necessarily bleak and often terribly unpleasant, Hostiles is a rough viewing experience. But experiencing it can be rewarding and informative. Daily Film Fix
3.5
The action is compelling, and the John Fordian Western landscapes are compelling. Theepoch Times
1.5
... this well intentioned revisionist Western is still a chore to get through. Fw Weekly
4.0
Rosalie Quaid (Rosamund Pike) wears the expression of a bruised Venus throughout Hostiles, Scott Coopers perfectly restrained Western.Her on screen al .. Sf Weekly
1.3
If its subtitled, you can watch it on fast forward and not miss a single nuance. Sf Chronicle
3.8
This is a genre movie with a purpose and themes to explore and it never deviates from them for anything approaching softball entertainment. Am Ny
4.0
No longer bludgeoned by the bleakness of it all or perhaps innerved by it I saw Coopers neo Western manifest itself in far less stark terms; Hostiles .. Toledo Blade
4.5
Hostiles is a fascinating and complex exploration of the evolution of the overall morality of the old west. Screen Anarchy
3.5
The Western from writer director Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart) is the latest in a string of historical films to put a decidedly modern spin on traditiona .. Review Journal
3.8
Hostiles is not exactly a feel good film.Theres no march to triumph like the one we see in 12 Strong. Free Beacon
3.5
Sometimes, in straining to grapple with deep issues, a film can show more strain than grapple. Denerstein Unleashed Blog ..
3.1
This would have resulted in a well balanced and far more rewarding experience, a progressive entry in the genre. Illinois Times
2.5
Hostiles is a picture that wears good intentions on its well weathered cavalry blue sleeve. Seattle Times
2.5
Raises some interesting ideas, but its too long, too slow and theres not much inventiveness in the filmmaking. Splice Today
3.5
Or maybe its that anyone is capable of something gallant and good.Every major character in the film is hauntedby guilt, grief, past deeds, trauma, psy .. Parade
4.4
Should you go.Complex and subtle, a Western for thoughtful viewers. *** Twin Cities
3.5
In the end there are two messages. One is a message of hope and one a message of despair. Attitudes can be changed, but there are many more attitudes .. Leepers Us
3.5
Title: Hostiles Describe This Movie In One Simpsons Quote: Mr. Burns: Oh no, the Pawnee have returned. Houston Press
3.5
There is a feeling of dread throughout: not about what will happen next, but to whom, and by whom. Brightest Young Things
3.8
It, too, is careful not to glorify violence, although one of its flaws is how its characters sometimes curiously fail to acknowledge the weight of its .. M Live
3.1
The pieces are in place for a trasncendent experience, but methodical plotting and a lack of economical storytelling often cause the films momentum to .. K Gun 9
3.8
Before all the shouts of Look! and Over there! could reach the front of the boat, the majority of the onlookers had run to the one side, making the bo .. The Monitor
3.8
I can still remember how, growing up, everybody (even the Native American kids) not only rooted for the frontiersmen to defeat the wild Injuns on TV, .. Baret News Wire
4.0
And he mostly succeeds with a story that is as timeless as it is relevant and as brutal as it is thought provoking. Reel Reviews
4.0
Resonant themes Bale is on strong form, but Pike is equally impressive, portraying an emotionally wrenching journey from utter despair to pragmatic su .. I News
3.1
Despite some great performances and stirringif occasionally hyperviolent imagery, Scott Coopers revisionist western Hostiles plays a bit like Both Sid .. Baltimore Magazine
2.0
In fact, the whole film is something of a tribute to the type of Western enjoyed unselfconsciously by audiences of a more innocent and ill informed ti .. The Arts St L
4.0
If Cooper doesnt have much new to say beyond cant we all just get along; that violence is debilitating, numbing and yet narcotic; and that Hollywood W .. Houston Chronicle
4.0
While the protagonists and what they go through can sound familiar, Cooper, working from unfinished material by the late Donald E. Stewart (Missing an .. Beta La Times
3.5
Ill let you make your own guess about that.What truly results, in a meaningful way, is an understanding that neither side can claim to be morally abso .. Dayton City Paper
1.5
There is the core of a decent idea in there somewhere; Coopers thesis is, more or less, that racism makes everything and everyone terrible and just le .. Wizard World
5.0
It may be a bit long for very young children, but with its diverse cast, humor, and humanity, it is a film for our time. Blog Franciscan Media
4.0
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