The Homesman (2014)

Tons of people are in this, but I don’t get why. Was it a fantastic book? Did it get butchered during the editing process? Did Tommy Lee Jones threaten their families? Oh, it was dreadful and boring and nonsensical and offensive.

In a nutshell: three women are too fragile to hang in the west and go feral/crazy/catatonic. Uh, OK? And then the one strong woman kills herself because, well, I think because she can’t find a man? What the hell is going ON in this story?

Not only was the story bonkers, the film couldn’t find its tone. The theater I was in, which was literally packed with senior citizens, often tittered uncertainly whenever Tommy Lee Jones mugged. It was never funny.

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