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The Homesman
MEANRANK
66/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 48, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 81.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs, to join her. The unlikely pair and the three women head east, where a waiting minister and his wife have offered to take the women in. But the group first must traverse the harsh Nebraska Territories marked by stark beauty, psychological peril and constant threat.
Details
- Director
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Writers
- Kieran Fitzgerald, Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Oliver
- Released
- 18 May 2014
- Country
- United States, France
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $16.0M
- Box office
- $3.4M
- Awards
- 4 wins, 12 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 16 →4 wins from 16 nominations across 9 ceremonies
| 2014 Cannes Film Festival 2014 | Palme d'Or | Tommy Lee Jones | Nominee |
| Gradiva Award (NAAP) 2015 | Best Film Director | Tommy Lee Jones | Nominee |
| Spur Award 2015 | Best Western Drama Script | Tommy Lee Jones, Kieran Fitzgerald, Wesley A. Oliver | Winner |
| Western Heritage Award 2015 | Outstanding Theatrical Motion Picture | The Javelina Film Company and Itacha Films | Winner |
| International Film Music Critics Association 2014 | Composer of the Year | Marco Beltrami | Nominee |
| International Film Music Critics Association 2014 | Best Original Score for a Drama | Marco Beltrami | Winner |
| Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2014 | Best Actor | Tommy Lee Jones | Nominee |
| Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2014 | Best Actress | Hilary Swank | Nominee |
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16 awards — The Homesman
×| Palme d'Or | Tommy Lee Jones | Nominee |
| Best Ensemble (Women's Work) | Winner | |
| Best Actor | Tommy Lee Jones | Nominee |
| Best Male Images in a Movie | Nominee | |
| Best Movie About Women | Nominee | |
| Courage in Acting Award | Hilary Swank | Nominee |
| The Invisible Woman Award | Hilary Swank | Nominee |
| Best Original Score for a Drama | Marco Beltrami | Winner |
| Composer of the Year | Marco Beltrami | Nominee |
| Best Western Drama Script | Tommy Lee Jones, Kieran Fitzgerald, Wesley A. Oliver | Winner |
| Outstanding Theatrical Motion Picture | The Javelina Film Company and Itacha Films | Winner |
| Best Actor | Tommy Lee Jones | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Hilary Swank | Nominee |
| Best Film Director | Tommy Lee Jones | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Hilary Swank | Nominee |
| Film Composer of The Year | Marco Beltrami | Nominee |