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• Western
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• 2020
• Paul Greengrass
• 118 mins
• 12A

Summary

Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels from town to town in 1870 Texas, sharing newspaper stories with hard-working folk who have neither the time nor the energy to pore over pages of printed text. On the trail leading from Wichita Falls, he stumbles upon an orphaned 10-year-old German girl called Johanna and Kidd becomes the girl's temporary custodian.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Terry Staunton

This atmospheric western stars Tom Hanks as Jefferson Kidd, a post-Civil War captain journeying through Texas, reading newspapers aloud to illiterate locals. When he befriends a mute child (Helena Zengel), he learns that she was separated from her family and raised by her Native American captors, and takes it upon himself to deliver her to relatives across the treacherous plains. With this adaptation of the novel by Paulette Jiles, director Paul Greengrass has fashioned an evocative, stunningly photographed tale that stays faithful to many of the genre's conventions. Hanks delivers a reserved, thoughtful performance, bringing the expected heft to a role tailor-made for him, yet it's the ethereal, wide-eyed Zengel who proves most striking.

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6.8/10

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Cast

rolenameCaptain Jefferson Kyle KiddTom HanksJohannaHelena ZengelMerritt FarleyThomas Francis MurphyMrs GannettElizabeth MarvelDoris BoudlinMare WinninghamSimon BoudlinRay McKinnonWilhelm LeonbergerNeil SandilandsCharles EdgefieldChukwudi Iwuji

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rolenameDirectorPaul Greengrass

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Theatrical distributor

Netflix International BV

Released on

2021-01-01

Languages

English | German

Formats

Colour

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