The Proposition (2006)
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- Synopsis
- An outlaw is goaded into taking on justice at its most brutal in this hard-edged Western set in rural Australia in the 1880s. Charlie Burns (Guy Pearce) is a criminal living in the outback....
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- Starring
- Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Emily Watson, Danny Huston, John Hurt
- Director(s)
- John Hillcoat
- Distributor(s)
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- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 104 min.
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Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
A movie you cannot turn away from; it is so pitiless and uncompromising, so filled with pathos and disregarded innocence, that it is a record of those things we pray to be delivered from.Read the full review
Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites
A pitiless yet elegiac Australian Western as caked with beauty as it is with blood.Read the full review
Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites
A near-masterpiece of mood and menace, and one that deserves to be seen on the largest screen possible.Read the full review
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