The Homesman, film review: Jones finds new frontiers in the Old West. Ms. Ms. https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/11/15/the-homesman-review The new Tommy Lee Jones and Hilary Swank movie is a western in name only. Review: On Matters of War, Outside the Wire Talks Out of Both Sides of Its Mouth. The Homesman went off on a strange tangent and I found myself not really caring how it was going to end. The Homesman Review; Reviews The Homesman Review. Review: The Mauritanian Relates Story of U.S. But is The Homesman worth the ride? Cannes Film Review: ‘The Homesman’ As in 'The Missing,' Tommy Lee Jones plays support to a strong female character in this sturdy cross-country Western. Review: The Homesman. The Homesman movie reviews & Metacritic score: When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them … Torture with an Impersonal Touch. In 'The Homesman,' Jones revisits many of the same elements and themes; it is a mid-19 th century road movie that is made more ambitious by a complete lack of roads and the hardship inherent in both its central objective and the unforgiving environment the film never misses an opportunity to convey. It was What an odd and ultimately disappointing read this was. The point of “The Homesman,” directed by Tommy Lee Jones and based on Glendon Swarthout’s novel of the same name, is not that these adjectives are inappropriate. This film is probably the best Western since Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven – … It sometimes seems to have a Christian viewpoint but then undercuts it in a couple strange, somewhat ambiguous ways that left MOVIEGUIDE® scratching its proverbial head. Titled The Homesman and set in 1855, it refers to a man hired … Last year, a very well-reviewed but little known movie was released into theaters. Film. THE HOMESMAN is a quirky, slow-moving, ultimately depressing western based on a novel. Set on the Great Plains in the mid-1800s, The Homesman aims for a story that's poignant and told sparely, but comes across as mawkish, tedious and self-indulgent. I was all set out to give The Homesman a good four star review for being a rather good romp until I … Review: Acasa, My Home Is a Poignant Look at Family Ties Severed by Assimilation.