Butcher's Crossing
Saban Films | Release Date: October 20, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
7
Negative:
1
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78
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiSep 17, 2022
Polsky’s film digs into the rot in his characters’ psyches for a time but gradually climbs back out again, perhaps in an attempt to put their madness in a larger context social context. But mostly the final act of the film comes across like clunky, though well-earned, moralizing. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperOct 20, 2023
Butcher’s Crossing is a tightly spun, well-acted, beautifully shot and unforgiving slice of Old West madness. Read full review
75
The PlaylistAndrew CrumpSep 17, 2022
Butcher’s Crossing is a gorgeous travelog. It’s also a warning about what happens when people fail to tread lightly in the natural world, both as a consequence of nature and themselves. Read full review
70
SlashfilmChris EvangelistaSep 17, 2022
Butcher's Crossing makes a lot of little, stretching its small budget to the extreme to create a nightmarish saga of violent men who seem convinced of their own superiority over everything, especially the land. Read full review
67
Original-CinThom ErnstNov 8, 2023
Butcher’s Crossing is a decent western, with decent performances. It’s a film that delivers what’s expected. But for a story that could give Captain Ahab a run for his money, getting the expected is a bit disappointing. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreOct 10, 2023
What few real tests the young man from Back East must face, the picture about his coming of age passes the most important. It looks and feels right, with buffal-in-their-element scenes that don’t have the scale of “Dances With Wolves,” but play big enough to make the parable’s point land and land hard. Read full review
60
The New York TimesBrandon YuOct 19, 2023
It’s a mostly well-crafted film with decent visual scope. The film’s greatest flaws are in Cage’s shakily written character. Read full review
60
Screen DailyTim GriersonSep 17, 2022
Despite Nicolas Cage’s committed performance as the imposing, hardheaded leader of the expedition, this mournful yarn can’t quite transcend what’s familiar about its study of masculinity and the unforgiving spirit of the natural world. Read full review
50
Screen RantNadir SamaraOct 28, 2023
Though the script is not spectacular it has its moments and a realistic tension that cannot be ignored. Read full review
50
Wall Street JournalKyle SmithOct 19, 2023
It has a classical moral that would have made Aesop salute: Greed is not only corrupting, it can be self-defeating. Moreover, suspense lies both in wanting to know whether Miller’s quest will succeed and in what lessons might be learned. Though Miller’s actions drive the story, it is mainly an education for Will, the observer. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussOct 19, 2023
Though Butcher’s Crossing has its share of conflicts and drama, it can move as slowly as the glaciers that cut its imposing scenery. Read full review
50
IndieWireDavid EhrlichSep 17, 2022
There’s some fun to be had in the Brando-like flickers of Cage’s performance, but Polsky’s film is too practical and logic-driven to indulge them. Read full review
40
The GuardianRyan GilbeyNov 1, 2023
Grisly sights are paraded before the camera (including a castrated hunter and untold bison gore) but Polsky lacks the visual flair to make the shocks visceral or the suffering anything more than superficial. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comRobert DanielsOct 20, 2023
Butcher’s Crossing is unfocused, distant, and flat. Read full review
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