Fresh
Parts of The Homesman are a slog to sit through, but the movie ends on a note of absurd comedy that also breaks your heart, suggesting that some people, no matter the circumstances, are incapable of change.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Overview
When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs, to join her. The unlikely pair and the three women head east, where a waiting minister and his wife have offered to take the women in. But the group first must traverse the harsh Nebraska Territories marked by stark beauty, psychological peril and constant threat.
Director and cast
- Tommy Lee Jones Director
- Hilary Swank as Mary Bee Cuddy
- Tommy Lee Jones as George Briggs
- Grace Gummer as Arabella Sours
- Miranda Otto as Theoline Belknap
- Sonja Richter as Gro Svendsen
- Tim Blake Nelson as The Freighter
- James Spader as Aloysius Duffy
- John Lithgow as Reverend Alfred Dowd
- Evan Jones as Bob Giffen
- Barry Corbin Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
81%
Tomatometer
Rotten
If only things had started out on more solid ground and headed toward some sort of resolution. If only.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
The film has more surprising turns than a honeycomb has bees. Absurdity and calamity collide without warning.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
Swank, an Oscar winner for "Boys Don't Cry" and "Million Dollar Baby," is outstanding, getting to the essence of Mary Bee's pride and pain. And in the showier role, Jones impressively peels away layers of rambunctiousness to reveal George's humanity.
Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh
Swank and Streep are big stars with famous faces, and yet disappear into their roles; these characters convey both quiet strength and gentle kindness.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
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