SYNOPSIS:

Academy Award Winner Nicolas Cage (1996, Best Actor, Leaving Las Vegas) stars in a gritty story about buffalo hunters in the Old West. Will Andrews (Fred Hechinger) has left Harvard to find adventure. He teams up with Miller (Cage), a mysterious frontiersman offering an unprecedented number of buffalo pelts in a secluded valley. Their crew must survive an arduous journey where the harsh elements will test everyone's resolve, leaving their sanity on a knife's edge. 

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Bring Home the New Western Masterpiece Starring Academy Award Winner Nicolas Cage.

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THE RT SCORES:

As of 01/02/24, Butcher's Crossing had the following scores: 

• Audience Score: 47%

• Critical Score: 74%

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REASONS TO WATCH: 

"Butcher’s Crossing is a distillation of the myth of the American Dream, a critique that still holds true today." - Beyond the Cinerama Dome

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"The even pacing might register as blandness for viewers expecting a more classic western, but those willing to embark on this journey on its own terms will be rewarded by tremendous character work and a sneakily effective thematic structure." - ScullyVision

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"Gabe Polsky’s adaptation of John Williams’ novel is driven by a fierce performance by Nicolas Cage as an Ahab-like hunter who’s intent on wiping out a herd of buffalo in a remote Colorado valley." - Reel Talk with Chuck and Pam