Review of First Cow (2020) by A.o. Scott for The New York Times — 03 Mar 2020
First Cow is fundamentally a western: It takes up questions of civilization, solidarity and barbarism on the American frontier. And like many great westerns it critiques some of the genre’s foundational myths with bracing, beautiful rigor, including the myth of heroic individualism.
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This review of First Cow (2020) was written by A.o. Scott and published by The New York Times on 03 Mar 2020.
First Cow has generally received very positive reviews.
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