The Homesman

  • 2014


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Positive Reviews 95
Negative reviews 12
Average Rating 3.7/5
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3.2
The Homesman could easily be an Eastwood movie; it certainly looks like one. Av Club
4.5
It is a disquieting and sorrowfully real idea thats too often glossed over in fiction. Den Of Geek
3.5
Hes like the kooky town drunk a lesser version of Stinky Pete from the Toy Story franchise if you will but Jones manages to strike both laughs and ref .. We Got This Covered
3.5
The Homesman literally reverses course to peek at the abandoned ruins of lives lost to the frontier, the human potential plowed over like last years c .. Austin Chronicle
2.0
The West is a grim place in Tommy Lee Joness ineffective 19th century oater, especially for Mary Bee Cuddy (Hilary Swank), a plain looking Nebraska sp .. Time Out
5.0
The Homesman opts for a less conventional, less sentimental narrative that shows how everyone is marked by the West. Screen Daily
4.5
By concentrating on the vast human toll of those pioneer days, Tommy Lee Jones has created a beautifully crafted, heartbreaker of a tale that will fin .. Screen Daily
4.5
I was impressed with how Joness uncomfortable mixing of tones in the first half of the film gave way to something more elegiac and evocative by the en .. Vulture
2.0
But Jones doesnt harp on this point; this isnt a revisionist Western as much as it is a pragmatic one, viewing its world with a pitiless, blase simpli .. Paste Magazine
4.4
This could be seen as a tragedy for them; it could be seen as a triumph. Rogerebert
3.9
Paint your psychological horror, goofball comedy, Western wagon.The Homesman is a horror comedy. IGN
4.0
The Homesman may be old fashioned in its bones, but its not a film to be watched and then tidily packed away. Telegraph
3.0
And theres a thrilling undercurrent of rebellion in the way this straightforward, seemingly old fashioned Western takes up the feminist cause. Ny Daily News
3.1
But if its crazy, its largely admirably and bravely so, a fittingly strange movie about the sheer madness of life on the frontier. The Globe And Mail
3.8
By the end, a ferry ride across the Missouri River, it will take your heart. Philly
5.0
The Homesman is based on a novel by Glendon Swarthout and its portrait of an overlooked slice of American history on the frontier. Spirituality And Practice
4.4
And the triumph of this performance is letting us see that the strength Mary projects may be the only thing keeping her on top of that wagon, and not .. Rogers Movie Nation
2.8
The pic straddles the line between comedy and drama, as it brings back a rare western. Sover
3.8
The feature requires a special mindset thats open to exceptionally managed filmmaking and an evocative sense of location, because when the movie gets .. Blu Ray
3.8
The Homesman is such a deeply pessimistic work that Ill be surprised if it becomes a popular success. Chicago Reader
3.8
Theyll forget because life in this time and place is already difficult enough. Mark Reviews Movies
1.9
The film never delves deeply enough and is made even worse by clashing tones. Usa Today
2.0
For the film is a tonal nightmare, lurching uneasily from hang em and shoot em cowboy comedy to gruesome vignettes from the lives of frontier women dr .. The Times
3.5
It is an adventure.Although I would have liked this film more if it didnt have the obligatory suicide, it is a pretty good movie with excellent perfor .. Lariat
4.0
Its a tough minded, intelligent movie, the kind John Wayne would probably have hated, and very much a 21st century update for the form. Radio Times
5.0
Not since John Wayne and Montgomery Clift set off on their epic cattle drive in Howard Hawkss Red River has there been a more unusual pairing than Tom .. Independent
3.8
This fem centric Western from actor director/co writer Tommy Lee Jones is packed with twists.Hilary Swank excels as Mary Bee Cuddy, who works on a far .. Rolling Stone
4.0
But those looking for an admiring portrait of a 19th century Rosie the Riveter should look elsewhere (perhaps the Coen brothers True Grit). The Wrap
2.5
Its a solid, historically genuine premise and, for a while, director Jones offers an interesting tweak on Western motifs and American mythology. News Day
1.5
The Homesman tries to cut a mordant, witty Coen Brothers line between tragedy and comedy and cant quite manage either. Film Journal
3.0
The result is infuriatingly conflicted fare, buoyed up by brilliant performances, weighed down by old school cliche, leavened by the bleak plains over .. The Guardian
4.0
There are some broad emotional flourishes and ripe performances in The Homesman maybe bordering on the over ripe.But it is put over with such richness .. The Guardian
3.5
The look of the film brings to mind a John Ford Western, set on the Plains, and its a hard tale of hard lives. Az Central
4.5
And it is not a story without a smattering of hard earned hope inside all the deprivation and futility depicted. Mountain X
4.5
Heroism as traditionally defined is practiced by women here, though it goes unrewarded to say the least. Npr
5.0
A genre film might favor a conventional finale, but this story avoids typical fare. Star Tribune
4.5
Safely crossing five hundred miles in a mule pulled iron barred wooden wagon is no mean feat. Reel Talk Reviews
2.8
With her sad, haunted eyes and plain as a tin pail looks, Swank is by far the best thing in the movie. Ew
5.0
In its unsentimental poetry, its stripped down imagery and its unforgettable lead performances, The Homesman is a ruthless western classic. Salon
4.0
If Jones never makes another western this will stand as an offbeat, original, hauntingly memorable piece. Flim List
3.5
But nothing prepares you for the devastating plot twist that comes close to the end. Susang Ranger
4.4
The direction catalogues the feelings and frailties of the characters without veering in the direction of sentimentality. Observer
4.0
The Homesman is full of striking imagery: the locked, coffin like coach; fresh new buildings in hardscrabble dirt; a disturbed grave on a gnarly plain .. Common Sense Media
2.5
The film occupies that peculiar space that many of us would prefer to believe doesnt exist, a movie thats worthy but often inert, by turns enriching a .. Sf Gate
2.0
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3.1
The film enacts plenty of contradictions: It situates the model of a Strong Female Character alongside three other women who are exploited for suspens .. Slant Magazine
1.5
Back in 2005, Tommy Lee Jones made his directorial debut with the gritty (and somewhat gruesome) The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, a neo wester .. Slant Magazine
3.8
And although it has elements of both, those words dont do the drama justice. Washington Post
5.0
It is a trek that originates in failure, passes through frustration and concludes on ambiguous notes of sorrow, resignation and cynicism. The New York Times
2.5
The pieces throughout Joness work have seemed to be stitched from a dozen great westernsa little capitalist critique here, a bit of old man becoming a .. The Film Stage
3.1
In its setting and in its blunt, unfussy style, director, co writer and star Tommy Lee Jones The Homesman is a film out of time.It takes place in 1855 .. Chicago Tribune
3.8
This is a tale told around a cowboy campfire, with weird rhythms, unfathomable meanings, and like a wooden tombstone floating downriver a feel for how .. Boston Globe
3.8
I hope The Homesman garners the attention that the mature, intelligent film deserves.With awards season coming up and the flood of movies competing fo .. Reeling Reviews
3.8
I hope The Homesman garners the attention that the mature, intelligent film deserves.With awards season coming up and the flood of movies competing fo .. Reeling Reviews
4.0
They bite, fume and mutter like the occupants of attics in Victorian melodrama.Shake off those difficulties, however, and you are left with a hugely e .. The Irish Times
5.0
The Homesman wont be an easy sell, and may not appeal to a wide audience, but its filmmaking of the highest orderand a movie that lingers in my memory .. Blogs Indie Wire
3.5
As such, while the films not terribly satisfying, sitting too awkwardly on screen to feel fully achieved, its an odd enough bird that its more than wo .. Blogs Indie Wire
3.0
The pacing is a bit off even before that, and too many of the quiet moments end up inert, but at its best, The Homesman offers a welcome addition to t .. Las Vegas Weekly
4.0
The rough lot handed to women in the Old West remains a footnote in the cinematic history of cowboy days, but it figures front and center in The Homes .. Hollywood Reporter
4.0
The Homesman, based on a novel by Glendon Swarthout (The Shootist), takes a revisionist view of frontier life but as a movie its impenitently old fash .. Standard
3.5
It was a stark life and they, along with cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, have done an admirable job of making a Western as realistic as any you will e .. Tony Medley
3.8
Nothing is spoon fed.The Homesman is the seventh of Glendon Swarthouts novels to be made into a film. Coles Mithey
3.0
Jones has a better brand of old coot in George Briggs than hes had in a while.Briggs is a wily creature, hard one moment, then like a crazed man, brea .. Los Angeles Times
2.5
If only things had started out on more solid ground and headed toward some sort of resolution. If only. Detroit News
3.5
Though the characters are strong, the performances are understated. Variety
3.5
That it offers such an unusual female protagonist and offers an undercurrent of bleak humor serves as a bonus for those wanting something well outside .. Forbes
4.2
But its never lingering or finger pointing.Its unsentimental and plainspoken. Consequence Of Sound
3.8
Its characters are sad, damaged people.Its narrative takes odd leaps and tangents. Nj
3.8
Like its determined characters, The Homesman stoically heads out into unknown territory, willing to risk everything to achieve something of value. The Star
4.2
Manifest destiny might have been the concept that drove American expansionism, but when it met the cold hard reality of the frontier, it left a trail .. Oregon Live
2.0
The storytelling is warped by the same freakishness and hysteria that afflicts its characters. For all its surface polish, The Homesman is tainted at .. Digital Spy
4.0
Enhancing the mood is the barren landscape, far removed from the lush vistas seen in Golden Age Hollywood westerns. Games Radar
3.8
Title and director notwithstanding, Tommy Lee Jones The Homesman is very much a feminist Western one painting a vivid picture of how difficult it was .. New York Post
3.1
Its a big job for one woman, what with the wagon and horses and all. Red Eye Chicago
3.5
Strong characters and a vivid sense of life in frontier America give this film a kick of authentic energy that makes it a gripping journey. Contact Music
4.5
Its more subversive than revisionist, with a shocking moment in the middle of the third act that feels earned and bitterly true.If it didnt go on for .. Ar Kansas Online
2.5
Yet that sort of egalitarian filmmaking fades as we get something that increasingly resembles a vanity project.Add The Homesman to the long list of mo .. Larsen On Film
5.0
Have patience, however, and youll be rewarded by a moving, thoughtful experience. Hollywood And Fine
3.0
At times, this unconventional Western verges on becoming one of the angriest feminist statements in recent memory. The Dissolve
2.5
The final half hour rambles between ambiguous sentiments and savage ironies. Film Comment
2.0
Its a Western.It has very few gunshots, a single scene with Indians, and no grand showdown, but the longer it goes, the clearer it is that Jones has g .. Film Comment
2.5
The technical credits are all around excellent not least the cinematography and touching score. Sbs
4.5
Approaching the classic Westerns can be a tricky bit of business; appreciation of their style and innovation can require either wrestling with or disr .. Flavor Wire
3.3
I knew I needed more time to process it because it just might be brilliant. Crave Online
3.1
The movie, freed of its schematic plot, went somewhere else, somewhere deeper. Mercury News
4.0
Hes aided by brilliant, restrained performances from the four female leads, while the old school stillness of Rodrigo Prietos painterly cinematography .. The Skinny
2.0
While the film works as a series of scenes and ideas, it fails to cohere into a satisfying whole. Under The Radar Mag
4.5
The Homesman is a frustrating movie.The final third courts derision. The Ooh Tray
4.5
Fits securely into the new wave of ultra realistic (read: surly and grubby) oaters. East Bay Express
5.0
But my guess is that effort wont end any more happily than the movie. Seven Day Svt
3.0
But a twist that nobody could see coming transforms the narrative from a sort of African Queen on dry land to something altogether substantial and poi .. Sky
4.5
Its a bold, thrilling work of comedy and abstraction from an obstinate sixty eight year old artist. New City Film
3.0
A story about resilience, forgiveness and redemption, The Homesman is a well cast, well intentioned film that hopefully read better in its original no .. Media Mikes
2.0
Mostly, though, its a boring journey of tremendous hardship, through endless burnt sienna, raw umber, and muted yellow ochre flatlands. Theepoch Times
5.0
With The Homesman, Director/Co writer/Star/Texan Tommy Lee Jones confounds again, making brilliant American cinema on the back of the blockbuster dime .. Wp Me
4.0
Jones manages to build a really provocative story out of Cuddys real life (the film is based on a true story). Johnhanlon Reviews
4.4
There are not many westerns with great roles for women, so The Homesman, in which every role of import but one is played by an excellent actress, woul .. Am Ny
4.5
The Homesman looks at the toll on the heart and the soul and the psyche in a homestead miles from the nearest neighbor.It is a powerful film of elemen .. Stream On Demand At Home
4.0
The Homesman is a moving expose of the suffrage of isolation and piety disguising the horrors of pioneer life. Graffiti With Punctuation
3.5
Theres little gunplay, the characters are more than a tad demented and the storys journey goes eastward rather than westward. Honey Cutts Hollywood
4.5
The Homesman is the kind of film that makes me yearn for the days of John Wayne and Sergio Leone. But, theres one big difference. This is a story that .. Movie Chambers
3.8
The film offers empathetic and insightful portrayalsespecially for its womenwithout an anachronistic overtone. Film Forward
5.0
As a director, hes batted it out of the park. Twice. First with the eloquent and little seen The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada and now with the .. Saportare Port
3.0
Yet while the film offers plenty of elements we have seen before an obvious parallel is The Missing it still manages to move and surprise us. Hey U Guys
3.5
The Homesman is also based on a book, in this case written by Glendon Swarthout, but its quest for meaning is even more desperate because everything a .. O Canada
2.0
Theres never been a Western like this, but dang if every bizarre thing in it doesnt seem historically probable. Daily News
4.5
This is a beautifully photographed and scripted road trip that has a heart of gold without dropping into self pity or the maudlin. Monsters And Critics
3.8
It is a hard unforgiving land that only those with strong wills and strong backs can survive and endure. Reel Bob
4.5
It is a straightforwardly told story that pays tribute to people who faced unthinkable conditions. Daily Public
4.4
And people can surprise you.The Homesman certainly surprised me, and still haunts me. Madison Movie
4.5
Clear eyed but never discompassionate, The Homesman collects uneasy truths that are all too often left by the wayside of our nations road to success. Signature Reads
4.5
The Homesman looks at the toll on the heart and the soul and the psyche in a homestead miles from the nearest neighbor.It is a powerful film of elemen .. Parallax View
4.0
This is no country for young ladies, and The Homesman is a hell of a film. Spliced Personality Word P ..
4.5
With a begrudgingly kind heart, that is delicately transformative and magnificently nuanced. Wbai Radio Women Blog Spot ..



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