Slow West
2015, Mystery and thriller/Western, 1h 31m
134 Reviews 10,000+ RatingsWhat to know
Slow West serves as an impressive calling card for first-time writer-director John M. Maclean -- and offers an inventive treat for fans of the Western. Read critic reviews
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Silas Selleck
Jay Cavendish
Payne
Rose Ross
John Ross
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Critic Reviews for Slow West
All Critics (134) | Top Critics (41) | Fresh (123) | Rotten (11)
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Slow West crescendos into a bravura shootout between all the involved parties, and it's as gorgeous, nihilistic, and brutally sad as the rest of the film.
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With its weirdly lyrical portrait of frontier life, this blackly comic oddity balances on the generic knife edge between the western and the musical.
June 28, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
As the title suggests, Maclean is in no hurry. Even at the most climactic moments, he always looks for an offbeat perspective.
June 26, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
It's a work of rare purity, directness and concision - a pity that it's lumbered with that slightly deceptive, off-putting title. Slow it's not.
June 26, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
Slow West is not much like any other western. It's not a great deal like any other film.
June 26, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
The western may be about as relevant to American society as the ability to lasso a rampaging steer, but the genre refuses to die. Instead it evolves, taking on new meanings with each new incarnation.
June 25, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Slow West
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Dec 17, 2017This attempt of an arthouse Western movie is only 80 minutes long but feels like two hours. It's okay to tell a story slowly but you should never make your audience feel as if they just wasted their time. It doesn't help that the humor feels so out of place and random even the editing makes other scenes unintentionally funny. Some sequences are beautifully shot, but the pointlessly bittersweet ending really makes you want to forget you watched this. What was everyone involved thinking?Jens S Super Reviewer
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Feb 10, 2016http://cinephilecrocodile.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/slow-west-dir-john-maclean-2015-2015s.htmlAnthony L Super Reviewer
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Nov 01, 2015Every now and again comes a film wherein all the characters are chasing something they want, and often that thing needn't be much of anything. So is the case here where we are introduced to several different types of folks, all in search of the same thing, in this case $2000, which may not seem like a lot now but back then was quite a lot. A nicely told tale.Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
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Oct 25, 2015An exercise in subtle, quiet, and poetic filmmaking, Slow West is a familiar western story done in an unfamiliar way. The film follows a teen boy, recently emigrating from Scotland, in search for a woman he loves. That woman, Rose, becomes that center of attention for numerous bounty hunters as her and her father become wanted over a supposed murder. First time director John Maclean gives an impressively mature feel to the film, which features a number of impressive performances, headlined by Michael Fassbender. He is able to find a unique tone of the film and stick with it, one that is matter-of-fact, oddly cold, and peculiarly disinterested with the triumph or failure of the characters. It's a movie that deals with themes of love and death, but in a nearly nihilistic way, with a sort of forlorn sensibility that permeates the story. There's fairly sparse dialogue, but some humor. It's a slow build, but also accented with moments of peak action. It's never dull, but Slow West is also never really enveloping. It borders on too detached; we don't feel tied to any one character. It's almost as if we're watching a documentary, we appreciate the realism, but fail to identify with the heart of the story. 3.5/5 StarsJeffrey M Super Reviewer
Slow West Quotes
| Silas Selleck: | A jackrabbit in a den of wolves - fortunate to be alive. |
| Silas Selleck: | That kid was a wonder. He saw things differently. To him, we were in a land of hope and good will. |
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