The Homesman (2014)

Release date: 2014-05-18
Country: USA|France
Language: English|Danish
Director: Tommy Lee Jones
Production Co: EuropaCorp, Ithaca, The Javelina Film Company
Genre: Drama, Western
Rating: 6.6/10
Length: 2h 2min

Storyline

Three women who have been driven mad by pioneer life are to be transported across the country by covered wagon by the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy, who in turn employs low-life drifter George Briggs to assist her.

Plot Keywords

suicide by hanging, suicide, sex scene, female nudity, madness, hanging, shot in the head, loss of child, old west, knife fight, revenge, tragedy, murder, rape, tomb, road movie, journey, horse, single woman, based on novel

Short Review

Parts of The Homesman are a slog to sit through, but the movie ends on a note of absurd comedy that also breaks your heart, suggesting that some people, no matter the circumstances, are incapable of change.