Direction:
Andrew Dominik
Storyline:
Robert Ford, who has idolized Jesse James since childhood, strives to join the Missouri gangster’s reform-minded gang, but gradually develops a dislike for the bandit leader.
Opinion:
Writer-director Andrew Dominik takes his time with the story, but his leisurely pace allows tension to build – and allows the actors to add nuance and depth to characters who seem familiar only at first glance. The vamose soundtrack and Roger Deakins’ wonderful cinematography round it all out to a Western that, unfortunately, too few still know, but everyone must have seen at least once.