Let's talk about... The Homesman! An American western/ drama directed by one of the greatest: Tommy Lee Jones!
I think it must be two weeks now, that I've seen the movie in theater. I was sitting in the screening room on one of those red colored seats, somewhere in the middle of room, in my hand a candy bag, in the other a small bottle of water, emotionally instable and on the verge of crying when the first name pops on the screen: Tommy Lee Jones, one of my favourite actors of all time. Then came a scream: Hilary Swank's name appears. Then another: Grace Gummer shows. There was no third scream, when I saw Meryl Streep in big letters on the screen I stopped breathing and had a contemporary nervous breakdown. I am not even telling you what I did when she appeared in the movie. People must have thought I was mad, although I was the only one in the room, besides five or six other people, most above the age of fifty. The Homesman had been playing for several weeks already but since I had eight exams, there was absolutely no chance my mother would let me go to the cinema.
I went to a movie theater in Tournai, and unfortunately had to go see the French dubbed version. When I saw there was no original version I could have killed myself, but at the end the dubbed version wasn't that bad. Let's say that after all those years the French people have become skilled at dubbing, thank God.
The story is very simple: a spinster, Mary Bee Cuddy (Hillary Swank), has the task of escorting three insane women from Nebraska to Iowa, with the help of George Brigss (Tommy Lee Jones). But the unexpected and shocking events that take place on the road, the stories told behind these women and the tragic ending make this a hard and emotional movie to watch. Each and every actor was amazing and gave outstanding performances. I thought Hilary Swank had a very difficult role, but she showed how a great actress she is once again by giving the touching portrayal of Mary Bee Cuddy on screen. After a career of more than three decades, Tommy Lee Jones is allowed to call himself the master and once again had given such a breathtaking performance and made this movie a treasure. I was positvely surprised by Grace Gummer because I had never seen her acting, the small part she once had in American Horror Story excluded. All I can say from seeing this now is that she has a talent, and not a bit. She was able to make me shiver as one of the mad women and I absolutely enjoyed every second I saw her playing. She's got the gift and I hope this is just a foretaste of the emotions she will give us during her career. I definitely want to see more of Gummer!
Why do you have to see this movie? I think I've used the words performance, touching, shocking and emotional once too many times, but that's the movie, and that's the reason you've got to see it. Meryl Streep is for once not a reason. She had a very small part and even if she wasn't in the movie, that wouldn't have changed the greatness of it. It transported me to the Wild West for a hundred twenty-two minutes of suspense and tragedy. Recommended and worth those two hours of your life.
Little favour for the Streepers out here (I couldn't help it) here's Meryl's lovely face:
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