The Claim

The Claim (2000)

  • 62% of critics liked it
    (84 reviews)

  • 46% of users liked it
    (3,320 ratings)

One man's small empire threatens to collapse under the weight of his greed and deceit in this drama that transplants the story of Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge to 19th century America. In 1867, Dillon (Peter Mullan) is an Irish immigrant who settled in California during the Gold Rush of… More

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R, 2 hr.
Directed By
Michael Winterbottom
Written By
Frank Cottrell Boyce
Genres
Western, Drama, Romance
In Theaters
Dec 29, 2000 Wide
On DVD
Dec 26, 2001
MGM Distribution Co

Critic Reviews

  • Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

    The audience is simply left with the task of fitting together the allegory's easy pieces.

  • Paul Tatara, CNN.com

    Easily the most compelling Western to hit our screens since Unforgiven.

  • Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle

    A mournful, poetic, epic movie that lodges in the memory.

  • Jane Sumner, Dallas Morning News

    Takes place against a frigid canvas gorgeously captured by Alwin Kuchler.

  • Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

    A fine film that holds you at arm's length.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Curtis L


    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.

  • Aaron N


    Dillon: 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… More

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