The Dead Don't Hurt

Name: The Dead Don't Hurt
Genre: Drama, Western
Released: May 31, 2024
Duration: 129 min
Rating: 70
Cast: Alex Breaux, Colin Morgan, Danny Huston, Garret Dillahunt, Jason Clarke

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Shout! Studios | Release Date: May 31, 2024 | R

Starring: Alex Breaux, Colin Morgan, Danny Huston, Garret Dillahunt, Jason Clarke, Rafel Plana, Ray McKinnon, Shane Graham, Solly McLeod, Vicky Krieps, Viggo Mortensen, W. Earl Brown

Summary: On the western U.S. frontier in the 1860s, Vivienne Le Coudy (Vicky Krieps) is a fiercely independent woman who embarks on a relationship with Danish immigrant Holger Olsen (Viggo Mortensen). After meeting Olsen in San Francisco, she agrees to travel with him to his home near the quiet town of Elk Flats, Nevada, where they start a lifeOn the western U.S. frontier in the 1860s, Vivienne Le Coudy (Vicky Krieps) is a fiercely independent woman who embarks on a relationship with Danish immigrant Holger Olsen (Viggo Mortensen). After meeting Olsen in San Francisco, she agrees to travel with him to his home near the quiet town of Elk Flats, Nevada, where they start a life together. The outbreak of the civil war separates them when Olsen makes a fateful decision to fight for the Union. This leaves Vivienne to fend for herself in a place controlled by corrupt Mayor Rudolph Schiller (Danny Huston) and his unscrupulous business partner, powerful rancher Alfred Jeffries (Garrett Dillahunt). Alfred’s violent, wayward son Weston (Solly McLeod) aggressively pursues Vivienne, who is determined to resist his unwanted advances. When Olsen returns from the war, he and Vivienne must confront and make peace with the person each has become. … Expand

Director: Viggo Mortensen

Genre(s): Drama, Western

Rating: R

Runtime: 129 min

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John Kirk

Jul 15, 2024

Watching this film is a lesson in history. It’s detailed, accurate and meticulous in its presentation of a human drama that realistically could have happened. When you hear about Viggo’s attention to history, this is a western story that becomes and grittier and accurate look into the past and a lesson in history. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Apr 25, 2024

Violence and tragedy is where the story is naturally heading, and this trajectory is plain in every scene and every shot: a world where aggression must either be violently and dangerously resisted or accepted. Read full review

Robert Abele

Jun 6, 2024

The supremely watchable pairing of these magnetic actors is what helps lift this lyrically crafted frontier love story above the usual efforts to restore the genre’s appeal. Read full review

Wendy Ide

Apr 25, 2024

The measured pacing and an overly generous running time might work against the picture, but for the most part, it’s a rich, rewarding and fully fleshed-out drama. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jul 31, 2024

It can be cute, playful and romantic, then turn dishearteningly violent as it serves up a generous sampling of what life on the untamed frontier could be like. It’s also frustrating in its lapses in logic, its cumbersome, shuffled and dream-infused structure. Read full review

Peter Debruge

May 31, 2024

That nonlinear narrative choice in an otherwise understated art-house Western serves to confuse more than it reveals, complicating things for the meat-and-potatoes crowd that regularly turn out for cowboy stories. Read full review

Katarina Docalovich

Oct 17, 2023

The Dead Don’t Hurt is stuffed to the gills with western tropes, with not a whole lot to add to the genre, especially in terms of furthering feminism onscreen. It may not be the worst western in the world in terms of women’s rights, but that is hardly a reason to commend a film that’s only missing the whore with the heart of gold. Read full review

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