Review of The Claim (2000) by Porsh A — 02 Feb 2009

Hmmmm.

I dont like to write about this film...

This review of The Claim (2000) was written by Porsh A on 02 Feb 2009.

The Claim has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of The Claim

Review of The Claim (2000)

By Sara G (258) on 21 Jul 2008

As many other reviewers have noted, yes, it does move slowly…

Read Review

Review of The Claim (2000)

By Jim V (57) on 04 May 2018

This one is long, slow, & boring. Not much more to say about the Claim…

Read Review

Review of The Claim (2000)

By Michael M (3,845) on 20 Oct 2008

This movie, about a man who sells his wife and daughter for titular claim and creates a town which his wife and daughter track him down at…

Read Review

Review of The Claim (2000)

By Dereca B (1) on 11 Sep 2016

I love westerns but this was so slow paced it was hard to sit through. More style than plot…

Read Review

Review of The Claim (2000)

By Sarah E (413) on 09 Feb 2011

Here's a movie that sticks to its vision, and I can appreciate that…

Read Review

Review of The Claim (2000)

By Dim M (26) on 01 Nov 2009

Nice tragic story, amazing music by Michael Nyman. Great performances by Milla and the cast…

Read Review

Review of The Claim (2000)

By Sheila Norman-Culp (14) for Associated Press (1,685) on 22 Jan 2019

Michael Winterbottom's The Claim is not your father's Western. It is simply exhilarating…

Read Review

Review of The Claim (2000)

By Desmond Ryan (163) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 24 Sep 2016

Its sprawling canvas is mere backdrop for the most intimate of character studies -- a portrait of a man who chose material wealth and found…

Read Review

Review of The Claim (2000)

By Helena M (211) on 21 Sep 2009

To be fair, the directing & acting (with such practical cast) were actually decent. The story, however, is really repulsively uninteresting…

Read Review

Review of The Claim (2000)

By Jeffrey P (309) on 28 Mar 2009

I think the movie is a combination between western and soup opera but with good actors…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Jackie Brown (1997)

By Greg C (624) on 05 May 2011

Ahh that was a good nap.....even if you stay awake it doesnt make up for itself and is more of a regret…

Read Review

Review of Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

By Charles E (169) on 18 Oct 2016

The least epic epic movie ever made. Music this great deserves a better film. A disappointment of considerable proportions…

Read Review

Review of The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

By Andreeka (7) on 06 Mar 2015

The worst film ever made.the character is dull, the story are pretty mediocre. just pointless for 2.5 hours. it waste my time…

Read Review

Review of Blade Runner (1982)

By Djalex (9) on 23 Jul 2011

This film has great lighting in it. great set design if it was just for looking at a set…

Read Review

Review of A Beautiful Mind (2001)

By Christopherp (9) on 23 Jan 2009

Heartlessly inaccurate, exploitative, and slandering…

Read Review

Review of All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

By Yvette W (27) on 09 Feb 2011

This film has been banned in Germany for its anti-war sentiment and I get that but it is largely boring and plods along…

Read Review

Review of Desert Hearts (1985)

By Yannick M (12) on 14 Mar 2007

The love scenes were contrived and the ending left me ... limp? I don't know, just not into a lesbian rendition of My Fair Lady…

Read Review

Review of Contempt (1963)

By Ben H (1,875) on 25 Mar 2013

This is not satire. This is self-indulgence. Godard's 'Contempt' is a lifeless, soulless trudge full of conceit and pseudointellectualism…

Read Review

Review of Stand by Me (1986)

By Karenlorraine (1) on 01 Feb 2021

Its hard for me to watch the movie Stand by me or to listen to the song…

Read Review

Review of The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

By Sydmwswy (27) on 23 Jun 2022

Toxic movies that I hate forever I really believe that films like this harm not only the cinema but also our world…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

War for the Planet of the Apes

2017

78%1,656 Reviews

Alien: Covenant

2017

61%1,909 Reviews

Terrifier 2

2022

64%48 Reviews

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

82%272 Reviews

Talk to Me

2023

74%83 Reviews

Ready Player One

2018

72%1,541 Reviews

No Hard Feelings

2023

65%90 Reviews

Gone Girl

2014

81%1,229 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

Parasite

2019

87%251 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

The Claim

2000

62%106 Reviews

Appleseed Alpha

2014

63%30 Reviews

USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage

2016

41%102 Reviews

Divergent

2014

62%1,116 Reviews

Dig!

2004

76%395 Reviews

Let's Go to Prison

2006

50%432 Reviews

Dil Dhadakne Do

2015

70%34 Reviews

Bachelor Party

1984

60%387 Reviews

Beware of Christians

2011

76%11 Reviews

The Jungle Book

1967

75%696 Reviews