Rate It
|
||||||||||||||||
Rating Averages
My Friends |
Not rated. () |
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
All Flixster |
(395) |
301 |
1300 |
Female |
(172) |
131 |
565 |
Male |
(223) |
170 |
735 |
More Like This
If you liked this, then you'll also probably like...
Got another recommendation for someone who liked this movie? Add it to the list!
Got an opinion? Use the buttons to vote on all the suggestions people have added.
If lots of people vote, the best suggestions will rise to the top.
This list looks lonely.
Add a suggestion!
Plot:
Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge has been transplanted to the edge of the American frontier in this vivid drama that didn't receive the theatrical exposure it deserved. Although top you...( read more 
)
Meet Other Fans
Recent Reviews
-
MCT:August 16, 2008
A renovation of Western?I missed Costner I have to admit.I'm one of the huge Winterbottom fans in Greece but his experimentation with genres didn't absolutely succeed with this one,like Code 46,the plot lead to an unknown development.A project is often doomed through the course of it.Despite Mullan's best efforts,"decadence" is obvious even in artistic results.
-
MCT:May 16, 2008
What's more fun that a wagon of nitro blowing up a horse? If you like gold, snow and whores...you'll love the claim.
-
MCT:April 14, 2008
This was slow and boring. I guess I wasn't interested in paying attention to the movie. So it sucked.
-
MCT:December 3, 2007
It didn't grab my attention and was slow-moving, as I didn't care about what happened to any of the characters. The script seemed flawed, as I don't think people in 1869 said fuck (I could be wrong). Also, if you are looking for your father, you don't shout his last name, you say Father! and know that he will recognize your voice.
-
MCT:December 3, 2007Dillon: I don't drink anymore. I want you to know that.
Between this movie and another overlooked film, Ravenous, I seem to enjoy movies set in the Sierra Nevadas during the 1860s.
This movie takes place in said setting, and involves a town built on the finding of gold in the area, known as Kingdom Come. A town named Kingdom Come is very cool to me, I just feel I need to point that out.
This town is run by Mr. Dillon, a man who has some bad history involving those he arrived in the area with.
At the beginning of the film, a man (Wes Bentley) from the Railroad company arrives, looking at the town as a prospect for where the Railroad may come through. This will make or break the town. If it comes through, good for them. If it is set up somewhere nearby, a new town will be built and this one will decline.
Also entering the town is a woman sick with Tuberculosis, and her daughter (Sarah Polley) with histories of their own involving this area. These secrets are not secret for long in the film, but its better to describe it this way.
Also in town is a brothel, run by Mr. Dillon's mistress Lucia, played pretty well by Milla Jovovich, proving she doesn't always need to be in bad sci-fi action films.
These five main characters all interact in various way, forming a number of love triangles, and other obstacles they must face.
As interesting as the story is, this film is also very good visually and combined with a very good score, it makes this a very good film.
Lucia: No guns, there are no guns allowed in my town. -
MCT:August 25, 2007
Powerful story with three powerful female leads: Nastassja kinski, Milla Jovovich, and Sarah Polley. I don't even remember the men!
-
MCT:August 18, 2007This is a pretty good movie. The only thing I wish there would have been more of, is some physical contact between Peter and Sarah's charaters. Through the whole movie you knew they were falling in love with each other, but they never kissed or anything.
-
MCT:August 3, 2007
Slow start, calm middle, peaceful ending. Good western, settler movie. Milla sings and does a really good job!
-
MCT:March 20, 2007
This film locates itself in the same world of Altman's 'McCabe and Mrs. Miller' except the colour is grey as opposed to McCabe's muddy brown. It is also a film about the pioneers of yesteryear and the immigrants who made up the populations of those small towns. Underrated and overlooked, this is one of Winterbottom's great films, and the place where his reputation should lie. Astonishing!
My Friends Said...
The Claim Recent Reviews
Register or sign-in to see your friends' reviews !
Comments
This board looks lonely. Be the first to talk about "The Claim" !
