The Proposition
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- Synopsis
- Musician Nick Cave wrote the screenplay for this epic story about two brothers pitted against each other on the Australian frontier. Arthur, Charlie and Mikey Bush are brothers who stand accused of raping and murdering a family of settlers....
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- Starring
- Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Emily Watson, Danny Huston, John Hurt
- Director(s)
- John Hillcoat
- Distributor(s)
- First Look
- 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
