News of the World

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2020

1h 58m

PG-13

English

Drama, Western, Adventure

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A Texan traveling across the wild West bringing the news of the world to local townspeople, agrees to help rescue a young girl who was kidnapped.

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News of the World

PG-13

Movie

2020

1h 58m

English

Drama, Western, Adventure

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A Texan traveling across the wild West bringing the news of the world to local townspeople, agrees to help rescue a young girl who was kidnapped.

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Tom Hanks

Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd

Helena Zengel

Johanna Leonberger

Michael Angelo Covino

Almay

Simon Boudlin

Doris Boudlin

Mrs. Gannett

John Calley

Mr. Branholme

Thomas Francis Murphy

Mr. Farley

Benjamin Farley

Wilhelm Leonberger

Anna Leonberger

Charles Edgefield

Old Man Durand

Dallas Federal Officer #1

Female Townsfolk

Tom Farley

Citizen of Red River

Cavalry Rider

Union Duty Officer

Red River Heckler

Red River Heckler

Red River Heckler

Federal Soldier

Young Progressive Speaker

Directed By: Paul Greengrass

Written By: Paul Greengrass (Screenplay), Luke Davies (Screenplay), + 1 more

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CinemanicBonkers says...

4 years ago

A nice western, the news was good and deep, it’s great to see tom hanks playing a Western role that he did a good job at and i think he’s played pretty much all movie genres now ha

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miguelreina says...

4 years ago

As in "True Grit" (Henry Hathaway, 1969), the protagonist accompanies a girl on a journey through the dangerous Western. But Captain Kidd is not a drunkard like Marshal Rooster Cogburn, he is a man whose ethics make him strange amidst deception and violence. Like him, this film is low-key, calm, with some good action scenes but a general tone of irrelevance. It is a western as decent as it is not very remarkable.

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Trevskie says...

4 years ago

A good story, well told. I think both Hanks and Costner have improved with age, primarily by choosing roles befitting their years instead of trying to be action heroes etc like some of their peers. “Let Him Go” the recent Costner film and this one see both playing their age, and turning in fine performances because of it, rather than in spite of it. Hanks has a list of classics to his credit, along with some stinkers, but if you can place The Green Mile, Road to Perdition, Saving Private Ryan amongst your credits, you’ve done well! This isn’t up there with those gems, but it’s a good solid performance in a watchable tale that does him credit.

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donnieeb says...

4 years ago

this was a good movie and a clean movie. of course tom hanks was good. a great actor

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ColdStream96

CONTAINS SPOILERS6/10 4 years ago

**THE UGLY: ‘NEWS OF THE WORLD’**

WRITING: 50
ACTING: 85
LOOK: 85
SOUND: 75
FEEL: 65
NOVELTY: 25
ENJOYMENT: 60
RE-WATCHABILITY: 55
INTRIGUE: 60
EXPECTATIONS: 55

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**THE GOOD:**

News of the World gives a lot of space to the political tensions of the post Civil War-era US, More

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garethmb

4 years ago

Tom Hanks and Director Paul Greengrass have combined to create a truly moving and memorable western which is one of the best films of 2020.

Hanks stars as Captain Kidd; a former Confederate Captain making his way in occupied Texas in the post-Civil-War era. Kidd travels from town to town reading More

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251Family

4 years ago

One of the MOST boring attempts at making a Western by a Top shelf actor to date.. Hollywood really needs to come to grips with fact they NO longer have what it takes to make these kind of films...and havnt for a few years now...

Now continue on with the worlds dieing films, or Zombies, or femal More

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Peter M

4 years ago

This doesn’t happen very often, but I actually read their book this movie was based on. I enjoy both. There were a couple of changes I noticed, but I wasn’t offended by them. With one it seemed they had Captain Kidd escape a jam with a speech rather than an explosion, and it worked for me.

Th More

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