A retired sheriff and his wife, grieving over the death of their son, set out to find their only grandson.... (Full plot summary below)
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A retired sheriff and his wife, grieving over the death of their son, set out to find their only grandson.
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperThe abrupt tonal shifts may throw some viewers for a loop, but when the confrontations segue from tense verbal exchanges to sudden bursts of violence, it feels authentic and organic to the foundation laid down in the first half of the film. |
| ObserverRex ReedLet Him Go wastes no time pulling you into an emotional grasp so compelling you can’t believe what happens as the narrative moves from one shocking scene to the next in a pandemic of violence. |
| The New York TimesGlenn KennyWith uncommon stealth, Let Him Go morphs from a drama about loss and grief into a terrifying thriller. |
| ABCPeter TraversDamn the cliches! Kevin Costner lends star power to this high-tension thriller, but even he can't match the wallop of seeing Diane Lane and Lesley Manville in action as mothers pushed to the limit. |
| Original-CinJim SlotekLet Him Go doesn’t reinvent the wheel. It is a genre thriller, where the good guys face impossible odds against cartoonish bad guys. But it plays out with style, violence that doesn’t strain credulity, and a consequence for every action taken. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreLet It Go is a thriller best-appreciated for its trio of tour de force performances — for Diane Lane and Kevin Costner’s understated Western American couple that’s so familiar and lived-in that their most powerful moments are wordless, and for Great Brit Lesley Manville’s furious, uncompromising North Dakota matriarch. |
| Boston GlobeTy BurrMostly Let Him Go is about what would happen if “Death Wish” were cast with the couple from “American Gothic.” |
| RogerEbert.comChristy LemireThis is the kind of solid, grown-up drama we don’t see very often anymore. In a world of superhero blockbusters, this low-key throwback of a Western is the stuff of timeless cinema, but it may as well be a unicorn. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattAs an instrument of righteousness and retribution, Let Him Go can feel both familiar and at times shockingly brutal, especially in its final climactic moments. Still, there's blunt power in the execution, most of it concentrated in Bezucha's moody big-sky atmosphere, and in the seasoned professionals he's found to tell the tale. |
| New York PostJohnny OleksinskiLane and Costner are swell, but the film jolts to life the second we walk into Blanche’s dimly lit kitchen, occupied by even dimmer men. The villainous Manville acts like a rooster, clucking, crowing and, worst of all, pecking. A sickening scene in a motel won’t have you taking the kids to South Dakota anytime soon. |
