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By Michael Nordine (446) for Willamette Week (516) on 03 Dec 2014

Jones captures stark and disturbing moments with a matter-of-factness that's neither overstated nor flippantly casual…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 28 Nov 2014

Swank and Streep are big stars with famous faces, and yet disappear into their roles; these characters convey both quiet strength and gentle kindness…

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By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 27 Nov 2014

The Homesman gives us a West devoid of gunslingers and heroes and hearth vs…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 26 Nov 2014

A spiritual pioneer drama about the mysteries of the heart and the paradoxes of the human adventure which cannot be explained easily…

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By Chris Knight (998) for National Post (1,405) on 26 Nov 2014

As we've already seen to what lengths ordinary people can be driven by the frontier life, nothing should still surprise us…

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By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Nov 2014

As the protagonists near their final destination, The Homesman offers a critique of civilization that's almost as pessimistic as its critique…

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By Ed Whitfield (493) for The Ooh Tray (482) on 24 Nov 2014

For around two thirds of its running time The Homesman has affected to be a great revisionist Western...but the final third courts derision…

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By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 21 Nov 2014

Tommy Lee Jones shows a deft hand at drama, but infuses the story with humor, too…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 21 Nov 2014

Marching decidedly to the beat of his own drummer, cowriter/star/director Tommy Lee Jones has made an endearing, feminist Western that defies…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 21 Nov 2014

THE HOMESMAN is something close to a great modern-day Western…

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By John Hanlon (483) for John Hanlon Reviews (327) on 21 Nov 2014

Tommy Lee Jones deserves credit for taking a difficult story of pain, mental illness and loneliness and transforming it into a strong Western…

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By James Verniere (1,180) for Boston Herald (1,433) on 21 Nov 2014

One of the best and best cast American films of the year. Swank is a revelation…

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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 21 Nov 2014

Strong characters and a vivid sense of life in frontier America give this film a kick of authentic energy that makes it a gripping journey…

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By Geoffrey Macnab (1,253) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 21 Nov 2014

Not since John Wayne and Montgomery Clift set off on their epic cattle drive in Howard Hawks's Red River has there been a more unusual pairing…

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By Kate Muir (612) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 21 Nov 2014

The film is a tonal nightmare, lurching uneasily from hang-'em and shoot-'em cowboy comedy to gruesome vignettes from the lives of frontier women…

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By Leslie Felperin (768) for Radio Times (2,421) on 21 Nov 2014

Jones's direction is stylish and assured, and he generously gives Swank room to prove what a great actor she can be with the right material…

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By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 21 Nov 2014

It's great to have Tommy Lee Jones back in the directorial saddle, and his latest is a beautifully strange feminist western…

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By James Mottram (656) for Total Film (3,532) on 21 Nov 2014

On form as both director and actor, Jones crafts a mournful but moving hymn to the western…

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By Steven Rea (1,872) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 21 Nov 2014

At a certain point, The Homesman will take you by surprise. By the end, a ferry ride across the Missouri River, it will take your heart…

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By Geoff Pevere (572) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 21 Nov 2014

While it’s true that landscape is character in most westerns, it’s also true that the character played by director/co-writer/star Tommy…

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