Wonderful character development!

Simply Perfect

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Very strong film. Not for the faint hearted. I loved the story, I loved the players who gave a great game especially Dakota Fanning and Guy Pierce. Emília Jones was also good.A long film but definitely catches you right from the start

Superrrr amazing i have to say that i have never seen like this so far

There are a number of ways this film can be understood. A revenge tale, a tale of the insane Old West, a tale of pedophilia, a Slasher film, or maybe a Cautionary Tale about following anyone in organized religion--especially since Jesus never established any such thing and does not require it. Go back and study that if you contend with me, but you'll still be wrong. This is a deeply disturbing film, and sadly will not become a Classic Western like Dances With Wolves or Hostiles--and this is because of the horrid subject matter, being basically that a psychopathic father who is also a fringe Dutch preacher twists Holy Scripture to prove that since his wife won't be intimate with him that he has the right to take his 13-year-old daughter to bed. And he does, of course. Later in the film, he comes within minutes of raping his daughter's 8-year-old girl. Best line in any film, and I paraphrase: "It's not the flames of Hell that hurt the most, but the absence of Love." The absence of God. The separation from God. That is Hell. Many of us experience this even before we die. He did. What about you?

About a third of the way into this I was thinking it a somewhat Cormac McCarthy-esque type of film, only without the good writing. But, still, interesting in a fashion. Then it falls off the rails. Sure, life was brutal for women in the day, but none of the female characters here helped themselves at all, only made the absolute worst decisions at the worst times. Also, most men are horrible jerks or criminals, and the very few good men are dumb as oxen. Finally, why don't film characters ever realize that guns are NOT knives? You don't have to get so close to someone as to touch them--or allow them to take your gun and kill you with it. Oh, that's right: BAD WRITING! Stand back a few feet and just pull the trigger WITHOUT the grandstanding speech. Sheesh! That's where I booked out, end of third act. Too late for me; save yourselves, and take a pass.