The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Slow West
Western · Drama · Adventure · 2015
In the Old West, a 17-year-old Scottish boy teams up with a mysterious gunman to find the woman with whom he is infatuated.
Movie details
Slow West
“Wanted Dead or Dead”
2015 Western · Drama · Adventure 1h 24m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.7 / 10
Community rating
In the Old West, a 17-year-old Scottish boy teams up with a mysterious gunman to find the woman with whom he is infatuated.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Slow West?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Jubal
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Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
John Maclean
Written by
John Maclean
Michael Fassbender
Silas
Kodi Smit-McPhee
Jay Cavendish
Ben Mendelsohn
Payne
Caren Pistorius
Rose Ross
Rory McCann
John Ross
E
Eddie Campbell
Skelly
Brooke Williams
Maria
Court is in session
Put Slow West on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.