Taking place in Missouri in the early 1880s, the film dramatizes the last seven months in the life of famed outlaw Jesse James, beginning with the Blue Cut train robbery of 1881 and culminating in his assassination at the hands of Robert Ford the following April. In the time between these two fateful events, the young and jealous Ford befriends the increasingly mistrustful outlaw, even as he plots his demise.... (Full plot summary below)
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Taking place in Missouri in the early 1880s, the film dramatizes the last seven months in the life of famed outlaw Jesse James, beginning with the Blue Cut train robbery of 1881 and culminating in his assassination at the hands of Robert Ford the following April. In the time between these two fateful events, the young and jealous Ford befriends the increasingly mistrustful outlaw, even as he plots his demise.
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| Sky CinemaRob DanielPaced like a Terrence Malick or Stanley Kubrick film it will not appeal to everyone, but for those accustomed to using their eyes, ears and brains at the movies this is a magnificent experience. |
| USA TodayClaudia PuigThough there is plenty of gunplay, this is a wondrously contemplative and poetic saga that offers a fresh and bewitching take on a timeworn genre. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe nervy style of this newfangled Western, with its eerie, insinuating score by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, is so effective that long after Pitt and Affleck have left the screen, emotional disturbance lingers like gun smoke. |
| The A.V. ClubScott TobiasA peculiar and destabilizing tone that's far from the standard Hollywood oater, but entirely fitting for two larger-than-life characters fulfilling their roles in history. |
| EmpireIan NathanAn extraordinary and visionary study of a legendary murderer’s famous fate, within touching distance of Oscars. |
| Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)Jeffrey WesthoffAlthough it takes place 126 years ago, the film is most fascinating for its contemporary echoes. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonA surprising near-masterpiece, and the best Western to come across the range since Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven and Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man. |
| eFilmCritic.comPeter SobczynskiAndrew Dominik has taken the familiar story and reconstructed it is such a fascinatingly abstract manner that it feels as if we are watching it unfold before our eyes for the very first time. |
| Antagony & EcstasyTim BraytonAn astounding work of mythological storytelling. |
| WJFK-FM (CBS Radio)Kevin McCarthyAs of October 1st 2007, this is officially the best film I have seen all year. |
