Slow West

Name: Slow West
Director: John Maclean
Genre: western
Released: 2015
Rating: 6.7

2015UKLanguage: EnglishDirected by John Maclean★ 6.7

Available in English: subtitled

In the Old West, a 17-year-old Scottish boy teams up with a mysterious gunman to find the woman with whom he is infatuated.

Themes and style

Tone

melancholicdark comedyhauntingbleakwhimsical

Pacing

slow burnmethodicalslow build to explosionepisodic

Story

journeypursuitsurvivalsurvival

Emotion

all-consuming loveloss of innocencelonginggriefloyalty under pressure

Themes

caught between worldscolonial historyclass and moneyfear of the outsider

Feel

quietly hauntingcerebralgut punchdiscussion starter

Violence

graphic

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Hollywood films like Slow West

If Slow West hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.

Django Unchained

2012USA★ 8.24 pt match

Both films sit with all-consuming love and loyalty under pressure. The world both films live in revolves around class and money and colonial history. The feel is the same: dark comedy, bleak, slow burn, and slow build to explosion.

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