I resisted seeing this for a while - the poster turned me off - but enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I wasn't wild about the OTT Jane Campion-eseque direction, complete with broad rural caricatures and wacky acting. I never really enjoy that tone. But it's a strong story, which cleverly subverts Western tropes - the gunslinger is a dressmaker, coming back into her old small town to get revenge and solve the mystery.
There's mysterious corrupt officials and shonky townspeople. It's a great star role for Kate Winslet but also Liam Hemsworth who is a good leading man (not sure he's a star but he's a perfect leading man handsome, virile).
The support cast is full of names - Sarah Snook, Barry Otto, Hugo Weaving, Shane Jacobsen, Gyton Grantley. The photography is beautiful and the dresses well done.
I felt once the mystery was solved the film lost a lot of momentum. The death of Hemsworth was a real shock but the film never really got it's "roll" back. Still, a satisfying ending.
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