Review of McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) by Benjamin N — 13 Dec 2016

I've always been on the fence about McCabe & Mrs. Miller, and after revisiting it again, I guess I'm more fond of it than I realized. There are some really great and interesting things about it, mainly the characters and the setting, but it's filthy-looking and the dialogue is so unintelligible at times that it's difficult to get involved in it as an audience member.

There are some great performances in the movie, including Warren Beatty himself. The final minutes of the film is really where it shines more than anywhere else. There's a bit of build up to it, of course, but those last moments are really where the magic is in the film.

I have to say that I'm not an enormous Robert Altman fan, but I do enjoy his work, and this is a film that I'm glad to have come around to finally after years of being ambiguous about it. Do check it out sometime if you haven't already, and let it grow on you.