The Homesman (2014)
Movie20142h 2mEnglish
Our verdict
Decent one-time watch
Mixed-to-positive reactions; enjoyable if the genre is your thing.
Based on the TMDB audience score from 908 ratings.
Movie review: The Homesman
The Homesman is a film from 2014. It is catalogued under Western, Drama.
Story
When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs, to join her. The unlikely pair and the three women head east, where a waiting minister and his wife have offered to take the women in. But the group first must traverse the harsh Nebraska Territories marked by stark beauty, psychological peril and constant threat.
Audience reaction
TMDB records an audience rating of 6.5/10 based on 908 votes.
Production
Release date: May 18, 2014 · Runtime: 122 minutes · Original language: English · Reported budget: $16,000,000 · Reported revenue: $3,442,853
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Cast
Hilary Swank
Tommy Lee Jones
Grace Gummer
Miranda Otto
Sonja Richter
Tim Blake Nelson
James Spader
John Lithgow
Evan Jones
Barry Corbin
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