Floyd Shoemaker
This movie had potential and starts off strong......then it just falls apart.SPOILERS!Are we really to believe that Mary would suddenly want to disrobe and have sex with George out in the cold with the mentally ill women watching? Are we then to believe she would suddenly hang herself? She was the one with the commitment to getting the women to Iowa and she suddenly kills herself? Why? Because she did the dirty? Really makes no sense at all and things just go downhill from there.Also, you really don't get the feeling that there was a strong bond between Mary and George anyway......this sudden love and respect seems to come out of nowhere.Could have been a good movie....but it's not.
elissamoeller
This is literally the worst movie I've ever seen. If you want to see babies and godly women dying, definitely watch this. Women are getting raped. Babies are thrown down the toilet. Horses are eaten. The only reasonable woman hangs herself. This movie is 2 hours of "shock value", and by that I mean desperate for attention, IQ lower than room temperature. I will say that this is the best I've ever seen Hilary Swank do. But I will actually never ever watch another movie by or starring Tommy Lee Jones. The old man just had to write in himself getting laid by a 20 something, before having her kill herself. He is just a sick, perverted old man looking for attention before he dies. Also, why do I have to write 10 lines? First time I've ever reviewed a movie, but this was so terrible I just had to.
alan-nutter
This is a short comment to warn of a very disturbing scene in the first 15 minutes of this movie. It's a scene that'll stay with me for the next few days at least, I suspect and one I'll always think of if the subject of this film ever comes up going forward. If you can get past this, however, there is an otherwise decent, if mostly bleak, movie to be found. I say mostly because there are also some uplifting messages here if you look for them. Personally, I'm glad I watched it, but it certainly won't be for everyone. I marked these comments as a spoiler to be safe, although I've deliberately tried to write them so as not to give too much away.
lcpierce2011-969-896169
In the tradition of the Old Western type and there is the up to date type like this great movie. Hillary Swank and Tommy Lee Jones captures a lot of the suffering that folks endured back in those days. The Prairie wasn't for a weak woman or man. You worked hard, built you a homestead, raised some stock. There were times when the weak just couldn't make and it drove them crazy. Especially with the rough abuse men would give their women. Disease and drought would get the best of them. If not that then someone wanting to take your property. It was dog eat dog type lifestyle. Every man a woman had to do their share or fail. These two actors did the script very good along with the help of the three ladies that had the job of playing crazy. A little nudity and some cursing, but it was in good taste to show real life drama and I understand that point. A lot of folks won't, but it was a fine movie.