The Dead Don't Hurt
In the 1860s, fiercely independent French-Canadian Vivienne Le Coudy embarks on a journey with Danish immigrant Holger Olsen, attempting to forge a life together in the dusty town of Elk Flats, Nevada. When Holger decides to go fight for the Union in the burgeoning Civil War, Vivienne must fend for herself, which isn't easy in a town controlled by a corrupt mayor.
- Released:
- Runtime: 130 minutes
- Genre: Drama, Western
- Stars: Garret Dillahunt, W. Earl Brown, Viggo Mortensen, Vicky Krieps, Danny Huston, Ray McKinnon, Solly McLeod, Alex Breaux, Michael Weaver, Nadia Litz, Colin Morgan, Luke Reilly, Atlas Green
- Director: Viggo Mortensen
Comments
- fh147 - 22 June 2024
To the end of the world
A very good Romance about a danishnisse immigugend and the second generation French immigugend.
Seeing two different perspective throughout the movies that combined to a really fought out story and I really enjoyed the woman she was the real main character. It was kind of Awesome seeing what she was going through and very sad.
The movie has a very nice slow step. It's not boring it. Just takes its time with the characters to make you feel for them in their little moments like in the scenes where they are talking to each other it feels like they are just waiting for i other to respond but they cannot find the right words. It is very naturalistic dialogue.
The reason I went to see the movie was because I heard it was viggo mortensen's passion project. It has been on he's been working on for some time. I had fought out truly at least what is written on Wikipedia then it was he who directed written the story and made the music. I don't know about the music part, but that really made me want to watch it because this is his Vision
Even if life is not perfect and doesn't go the way you wanted you can still find the nice moment in it and find what is worth protecting and caring about I really enjoyed this movie and didn't think it would be this good. I really think that vigoo Mortensen did a good job with this movie. - lozanoderrick - 8 June 2024
Run...Away That Is!
While it was a small and independent film, one can usually find those kinds of movies to be ones that can certainly give you a bang for your buck and give you hope that there are still great writers that can outwork the big studio titans such as WB and Universal.
With that in mind, I had hope since Viggo's name was all over this movie, however he failed to meet my expectations. I didn't expect it to be Tombstone but I was hoping that it would live up to the vibe that was Open Range. While that was a small and independent film, it was still a hit and still impresses me after 21 years!
Which that being said, this movie was very dry, misleading, and anti-climactic. It can throw you for a loop until you discover that it is a circle story. Only a few directors can pull that off and Viggo isn't one of them. The characters are too one dimensional, there are a lot of plot holes, and I truly feel that his son in the movie was a metaphor for the entire plot and vibe of the movie. If you see it, you'll know what I mean.
I was hoping that this was going to be a great appetizer to Costner's two movies coming up but I was wrong. This one is a snoozer. - ophone77 - 30 May 2024
Nice in the end
The frame of this film is ingenious, beautiful landscapes and most of the score played by a string ensemble with piano. Acting is also great with the main characters saying more with their glances than a thousand words.
The negative thing is this film takes ages to get to the meat of the plot, namely when Olsen leaves Vivienne to rejoin the army consecutively showing what happens to her while he's away.
Just before that we were at the point to stand up from our seats and leave the cinema hall. Luckily I held on to my principle to watch films to the end, even if they're bad, so in the end we had an enjoyable afternoon at the cinema.
