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Jane Got a Gun

Jane Got a Gun

Western · Action · Drama · 2015

After her outlaw husband returns home shot with eight bullets and barely alive, Jane reluctantly reaches out to an ex-lover who she hasn't seen in over ten years to help her defend her farm when the time comes that her husband's gang eventually tracks him down to finish the job.

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Jane Got a Gun

2015 Western · Action · Drama 1h 38m

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5.8 / 10

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After her outlaw husband returns home shot with eight bullets and barely alive, Jane reluctantly reaches out to an ex-lover who she hasn't seen in over ten years to help her defend her farm when the time comes that her husband's gang eventually tracks him down to finish the job.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Gavin O'Connor

Written by

Anthony Tambakis · Brian Duffield · Joel Edgerton

Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman

Jane Hammond

Joel Edgerton

Joel Edgerton

Dan Frost

Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor

John Bishop

Noah Emmerich

Noah Emmerich

Bill Hammond

Boyd Holbrook

Boyd Holbrook

Vic Owen

Rodrigo Santoro

Rodrigo Santoro

Fitchum

Alex Manette

Alex Manette

Buck

Court is in session

Put Jane Got a Gun on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.