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Old Henry

2021

Potsy Ponciroli

Tim Blake Nelson, Stephen Dorff, Scott Haze, Gavin Lewis ...

6.7

3,869

Western Oklahoma, 1906. A widow farmer with a son takes in an injured man with a satchel of cash. When a posse comes for the money, he must decide who to trust. Defending a siege, he reveals a gunslinging talent calling his true identity into question.

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"'Citizen Kane' of Tim Blake Nelson hayseed varmint performances (...) a rock-solid, off-the-beaten-path Western, one that’s been built as a kind of pedestal for Nelson’s performance."	POS
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"A satisfying reflection on the more complicated, somber realities behind the icons of the Wild West (...) this is Nelson’s film, providing a juicy role for the veteran character actor"	POS
United Kingdom	Xan Brooks The Guardian	"Tim Blake Nelson has a blast as a pig farmer with something to hide, but this low-aiming western is as familiar as refried beans (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"A taut Western that borrows heavily from familiar themes and storylines, but it has been constructed with such confidence and precision that one can’t help but be seduced by the picture’s stripped-down spell."	POS
United States	Christina Newland IndieWire	"A western which contains all the mechanisms for strong storytelling — but never digs past the superficial realm of old genre tropes."	NEU
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"[It] makes a virtue out of expecting the expected (...) What a pleasure it is to see and listen to Nelson at work here (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Steve Pond The Wrap	"A dark, sorrowful meditation on aging, guilt and redemption (...) The film plays like an indie variation on “Unforgiven,” albeit with an utterly delicious third-act twist"	POS

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