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  Review by JΔΣΞS Β ★★★★½ 5

  Slow West is like if Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, and Jim Jarmusch bore a love child in New Zealand, then raised it in old west Colorado, with the life expectancy of a kiddie film's runtime. (And I mean that in the most complimentary way possible.)

  Discussed in full on episode #139 of the Cinereelists podcast.

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  Review by xtini ★★★★ 3

  A young man tries to escape the friend zone with disastrous results.

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  Review by davidehrlich ★★★★ 1

  “Kill that house!” A man draped in furs stands in the middle of an endless wheat field and commands his ragtag posse of killers to lay waste to the only home in sight. What follows is one of the greatest shoot-outs this side of Sergio Leone, violently punctuating a fable about a place so preoccupied with survival that no one in it can afford to take a hand off their holster.

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  Review by kayla ★★★★ 7

  More westerns that don’t have a 13 week runtime staring Michael Fassbender please

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  Review by Nakul ★★★★

  John Maclean's SLOW WEST is one of the most visually stunning westerns I've ever seen. Such an original, darkly absurdist, lyrical and melancholic piece of work. Features fine performances from the cast, especially Michael Fassbender and Ben Mendelsohn.

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  Review by iana ★★★★½ 1

  i dragged my parents to see this on my birthday four years ago. they fell asleep but i loved every second. it’s nice to know that still holds up.

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  Review by 👽hayley👽 ★★★★ 1

  the amount of men rose kills in this movie is so inspiring

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  Review by Mike D'Angelo ★★★ 9

  53/100

  A.V. Club review. Full disclosure: I cannot see Kodi Smit-McPhee's face without wanting to punch it, for some reason.

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  Review by AdamAB ★★★★

  While some may describe Slow West as ponderous, an argument I am sympathetic to, I prefer to say that it moves with a precise intent. John Maclean's debut plays with the expectations of its genre in an example of impressive dexterity, utilising its beautiful and familiar setting in an unorthodox and captivating fashion. The film is certainly a tale of love and violence, well-worn themes indeed, but the tale is told with a unique sense of melancholic poetry and welcomed idiosyncrasies.

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  Review by Eli Hayes ★★★★½ 9

  "In a short time, this will be a long time ago."

  Morphed into something distinct, yet alien,
  during those woefully resonant final twenty minutes.

  A denouement both loud and silent,
  in immeasurably different ways
  (though I wish it would have ended with
  the extreme wide-shot of the little house).

  No one has been on Fassbender's level since 2008.

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  Review by Sid ★★★ 1

  Somewhere between mediocre and good.It's slow but not a slow burn.Despite being so violent,it doesn't strike at all.Nothing memorable to revisit any time,I might probably forget about it by tomorrow.The entire script doesn't fit into the modern western style so I feel Tarantino could have made it a lot better.The dynamic between the two main characters is also an issue and this was so important for the climax to leave an emotional impact when one says something about the other,instead it felt cheesy.
  Now what I liked about it,firstly the beautiful dream like cinematography and secondly,Michael Fassbender's performance which to no surprise was great.The anti gun message is also something to look for but not conveyed that well.Also there is some clever humour in the 2nd act,I wish the entire film had that.
  Nothing else to say on this one,my first and last watch.

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  Review by Rafael "Parker!!" Jovine ★★★★ 6

  On my journey through the almost 1222 movies I must see before I die, I was fortunate (and sometimes unfortunate) to see a huge number of Westerns, from every era, budget, and premise. So when I say this is probably the most picturesque Western I've ever seen, you know I mean it. Despite the lack of good lighting in the night scenes, Robbie Ryan made all the colors pop in an amazing way.

  One aspect of the film that I loved, and about which you don't realize until the last act, is how clearly inspired it is by the Coen brothers, both directly and indirectly, especially when it comes to the ironic twists towards the end.

  As the name of…