
In the late 1800's, a beautiful former prostitute is trying to build an honest life with her husband in the rugged plains of New Mexico. When she catches the eye of a sadistic and powerful religious leader, her life is violently turned upside down. She embarks on a bloody course of vengeance with the assistance of a renegade sheriff who has pretty violent tendencies of his own.... (Full plot summary below)
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In the late 1800's, a beautiful former prostitute is trying to build an honest life with her husband in the rugged plains of New Mexico. When she catches the eye of a sadistic and powerful religious leader, her life is violently turned upside down. She embarks on a bloody course of vengeance with the assistance of a renegade sheriff who has pretty violent tendencies of his own.
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| Orange County RegisterMichael SragowThis oater with shades of Weird West comic books has a plot too easy to foretell and a thrill level that dips with the rising of the body count. |
| We Got This CoveredIsaac FeldbergIt's not particularly congruent, but thanks to two terrific performances and director Logan Miller's determination to make his own kind of music, Sweetwater packs one hell of a punch. |
| The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Old West is portrayed as a venal loony bin in Sweetwater, a handsomely designed, occasionally funny but ultimately empty female vengeance yarn. |
| The DissolveWilliam GossRare is the Western that’s too low-rent to be satisfyingly lurid, but with hardly any tension or personality to its name, Sweetwater just misses the mark. |
| Village VoiceMichael NordineThat Sweetwater is so generic doesn't prevent it from being intermittently entertaining. |
| Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleAs violent act begets silly exchange begets another violent act, Sweetwater squanders its noteworthy resources — a cast enjoying themselves (especially Isaacs and Harris), and some effectively brooding outdoor cinematography. |
| Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghThe characters aren’t the only things painted in broad strokes. Sweetwater is rife with gauche symbolism and imagery. |
| Examiner.comTravis HopsonThe west has never been less gritty, less pulpy than it is here, with the locale fading into the background when it should be a character in its own right. |
| San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisA revenge-fantasy Western that wants to luxuriate in its B-movie roots but suffers from dull direction and an even duller central performance. |
| VarietyPeter DebrugeFancy-sounding dialogue and handsome widescreen lensing goes only so far to disguise the shallowness of the underlying material. |