“…the old-timey aesthetic here is so overwrought the characters seem stuck in prehistoric amber.”

“In Peckinpah’s world, the law and the lawless are one and the same – destructive agents of chaos.”

“When production design is this cleverly incorporated into the story at hand, it can carry an entire movie.”

“…works better than it should, given its extremely limiting conceit.”

“…gets off to a gangbusters start. And then Shakespeare butts in.”

“If Swinton and Hiddleston have a shared gift, it’s the ability to inhabit theatricality naturally.”

“…longs for a world where what we look like – whether we’re beautiful or ugly – no longer dominates who we are.”

“…a picture of a man who has been cast into a dehumanizing vortex, largely because of others’ indifference.”

“…captures the confusion, condescension and even revulsion faced by returning veterans, then and today.”

“…has a real feel, at once dreamy and doomed, that’s hard to shake.”