Review of News of the World (2020) by Wheeelertron — 18 Feb 2021

Unfortunately I found gritty realism (for which Greengrass is of course notorious, and I am a huge fan) impacting the nostalgic Western fable caused problems here, the sum of their parts cutting both short, the result was slow and quite often uncomfortable, the brutal realities of that period harder to bear when examined through an honest lens, necessary tropes became difficult to believe too, I was asking how on earth they survived and where all that ammunition was coming from, dramatic moments felt somewhat contrived indeed the language-barrier between the two main characters seemed to be too-easily overcome, they just wouldn't have understood each other.

..as the story developed I became increasingly unsympathetic with most of the characters...