Superb.

Rating: 9/10 (7 January 2008)

In a word: awesome. What a great film. I saw this as my birthday movie (32! Damn!) and it was a real treat. It is hard to say anything new about this film  the acting, especially from Pitt and Affleck, was pitch perfect; the cinematography was sumptuous and beautiful; the score haunting and evocative; the direction assured and delicate, and so on  the complete package. This elegiac movie stands alongside the likes of The Unforgiven as a fantastic post-Western, which should be seen by all who have the patience to appreciate a slow but bravura effort which surely won't go home empty handed come awards time. Excellent.