Ride With the Devil
2,201
Western. Romance. Drama. War
Jake Roedel and Jack Bull Chiles are friends in Missouri when the Civil War starts. Women and Blacks have few rights. Jack Bull's dad is killed by Union soldiers, so the young men join the Bushwhackers, irregulars loyal to the South. One is a Black man, Daniel Holt, beholden to the man who bought his freedom. They skirmish then spend long hours hiding. Sue Lee, a young widow, brings them food. She and Jack Bull become lovers, and when ... [+]
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United States | The New York Times | "Visually arresting but dramatically flat." | NEU |
United States | SFGATE | "For fans of Westerns, the film may have particular appeal" | POS |
United States | Chicago Sun-Times | "A film that would inspire useful discussion in a history class, but for ordinary moviegoers, it's slow and forbidding (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)" | NEU |
United States | Newsday | "Politically astute, visually breathtaking but emotionally inert." | NEU |
United States | Variety | "Lee has made a brutal but sensitively observed film about the fringes of the Civil War" | POS |
United States | The Washington Post | "In its quiet way, Ride With the Devil is terrific" | POS |
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