2015 · western · drama · adventure
Slow West (2015)
Directed by John Maclean1h 24m2015
In the Old West, a 17-year-old Scottish boy teams up with a mysterious gunman to find the woman with whom he is infatuated.
Our read: Slow West (2015) (2015) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded western · drama · adventure entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, steady, measured western / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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