Pulls no punches
A grimly beautiful film about an upsetting yet very relevant subject matter, Brimstone uses the Western genre in a way that is rarely seen; as a somewhat realistic portrayal of the hard living and suffering on the frontier, told from the female perspective. There is a mythic element which brings a much darker, almost supernatural aspect to the narrative which in its non-linear order allows for a more original point of view, brought to life by brilliant performances. If only the film didn’t play its hand a little too forcefully towards the end and fall too much into genre tropes. http://www.cutprintfilm.com/reviews/lff-2016-brimstone/
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