There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

A Kiwi western? Hmm. Anti-american drivel. Good scenery.

Jay (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is a young Sottish lad traveling in Colorado chasing down his lost love Rose (Caren Pistorius). An incident in Scotland caused Rose and her father to flee. The story picks up in Colorado with Jay, an educated young man, way in over his head. After a confrontation, he ends up riding with Silas (Michael Fassbender) a bounty hunter in a land filled with thieves, murderers, bounty hunters, and unhappy Native Americans. 20 minutes into the film we know our drama can only end in tragedy as we wait to see it unfold. Jay is full of hope and a strong character and we wonder if he can change what appears to be inevitable.The film moved at a moderate pace, just enough to keep us hanging on. Good performance by Fassbender.Score: Sex 0; F-bomb 1; nude butts 2. Rating :R

The film is clunky in parts, jumps are made through the plot where maybe it could be a smoother transition, however it is done for a reason, because the west and the reasons for going have never been coherent, more guttural.On the whole the story is complex, the characters invigorating, and the tension of plot twists delivered in a delightfully accessible manner that some how slips the mind's noose, for both the audience and the characters.Slow West is indeed slow, but only because it takes its time to deliver a story worth telling.

In the Anti-Tradition of "Bone Tomahawk" (2015), first time Director MacLean makes No Bones about this being an Off-Kilter and Out of Step take on the Genre and delivers a Distinctively Different Tale of Traveling Men on a Torturous Journey.Michael Fassbender and His Star Power might get Fans to give this one a Look, and that's a Good Thing because this is a B-Picture that is an Off-Beat Treat for Seekers of the Unusual and Lovers of "Film as Art".Kodi Smit-McPhee (what a name) plays a Character that is Certainly Out of His Element in the Dirty and Unforgiving Setting, wearing a Suit and His Education quite well. A Determined Demeanor and Youthful Exuberance Propels Him on a Quest for 'His true Love".The Film is Full of Strange Occurrences and is Metaphorical, Surreal, and totally Engaging. Beautifully Shot and Despite its Differentness will most likely be Fulfilling for Western Movie Fans and those not Usually Drawn to the Genre.Violent, Poetic, and filled with much Black Humor, this is one that is worth Finding. It's a Foreign Film that Feels Foreign and that adds to its Dream-Like Ambiance. Don't be put off by the this Flowery Review and the Artsy Appeal and take a chance on a Little Movie that is a Big Deal and helps keep the Western Movie on the Map for Moderns.