Michael Winterbottom's The Claim is not your father's Western. It is simply exhilarating.

| Jan 23, 2019

like a collegiate literature class in Thomas Hardy

| Original Score: C | May 20, 2012

Mature viewers only; kids won't be interested.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 2, 2011

The emotions of the piece are as palpable as the neverending snowfall.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 15, 2010

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 7, 2008

If the story was as crisp as the snow, and the plot advanced faster than a glacier, this might have been a better film.

| Original Score: C | Sep 12, 2007

While we wait, characters tromp through the snow a lot.

| Mar 4, 2006

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 14, 2003

Broody and beautiful, The Claim is guaranteed to give you the chills.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 29, 2003

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 10, 2003

One of the year's most visually stylistic films.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 8, 2002

The Claim works best as an antitraditional Western epic that presents an allegorical drama of fate, retribution and redemption.

| Original Score: A- | Jul 8, 2002

The audience is simply left with the task of fitting together the allegory's easy pieces.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 22, 2002

At the center are the impeccable performances of all five leads.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 28, 2002

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 30, 2001

| Original Score: C | Aug 6, 2001

If you enjoy character studies, personalities over action, The Claim may be a sure bet.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 24, 2001

The emotional possibilities pretty well freeze to death in the snowbound landscapes.

| Jul 6, 2001

Invites comparison to the structural denseness and poetic leanings of Altman's all-time masterpiece McCabe and Mrs. Miller.

| Original Score: short | Jun 26, 2001