”Based on the novel by Ron Hansen, “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” delves into the private lives of America’s most notorious outlaw and his unlikely assassin to offer a new perspective on a legend and address the question of what really may have transpired in the months before that infamous shooting.”Movie type: Action Western - Despite the presence of Ocean's stars Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck, this is no crowd-pleasing, action-oriented western but a long, leisurely, downbeat, and meditative drama. The film will find widely divided reactions, but those drawn for more action-oriented western trappings won't find them here.
Director: Andrew Dominik
Writer: Ron Hansen
Starring: Brad Pitt (Jesse James), Casey Affleck (Robert Ford), Mary-Louise Parker (Zeralda James)
Length: 160 min
Reviews:
”Above Average The Assassination of Jesse James starts and finishes strong, but it will lose numerous viewers during a frustrating, meandering middle section that spends so much time fleshing out secondary characters that it often forgets about the title individuals.” Berardinelli, Internet Critic
”Excellent Though there is plenty of gunplay, this is a wondrously contemplative and poetic saga that offers a fresh and bewitching take on a timeworn genre.” USA Today
”Average Maybe the life was edited out of it in the two years between shooting and release, or maybe Dominik was simply overwhelmed by the outsized myths of the West, but the film only comes to life after James' death, when Ford quite literally takes center stage.” TV Guide Online
”Very Good 'The Assassination of Jesse James' is less of a Western than a mid-Western, which refers both to the film's urban Missouri center of gravity and its pivoting position between horse opera and backstage intrigue...” Newsday
Source: cinemareview.com
26.02.2008