Overview
A young man's quest for love leads him through the perilous American frontier, where danger lurks at every turn.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Brutal
- melancholic
- absurdist
- witty
- western double feature
- quiet evening
Movie Details
- Director
- John Maclean
- Release Date
- 2015-05-15
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (1083)
Cast
- Michael Fassbender
- Kodi Smit-McPhee
- Ben Mendelsohn
- Caren Pistorius
- Rory McCann
- Eddie Campbell
- Brooke Williams
- Alex Macqueen
- Kalani Queypo
- Madeleine Sami
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Slow West about?
- A lovestruck Scottish teenager and a guarded bounty hunter cross a beautiful but lethal American frontier where idealism meets the brutal logic of survival.
- What is Slow West like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Slow West as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Slow West violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Slow West as brutal.
- What did critics think of Slow West?
- Critics broadly praised the film as a stylish, melancholy, and inventive revisionist western that balances absurdist humor with sudden violence and emotional reflection.
- Which films are like Slow West?
- Films with a similar feel include The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, True Grit, The Proposition, and The Homesman.
- How long is Slow West?
- Slow West runs 84 minutes.
- Where can I watch Slow West?
- In United States, Slow West streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
