The Weight

Sundance Movie #15: A captivating mashup of Sorcerer, The Revenant, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and The Shawshank Redemption. Ethan Hawke leads a group of prisoners transporting gold bars through the Depression-era wilderness in exchange for their freedom. Matteo…

Dan Murrell

an Indian socialist, a Native American woman and Ethan Hawke walk into a bar... and bloated capitalist Russell Crowe gives out the hard liquor. "finally a men's movie over here" someone tells his seat neighbor. the man isn't wrong. McKinley & Hawke wanted to make a…

shookone

THE WEIGHT features Ethan Hawke in full badass girl-dad mode as a desperate convict undertaking a dangerous mission to transport gold across the wilderness during the Great Depression to buy back his freedom and return to his daughter. While the script is fairly generic and…

Matt Neglia

Ethan Hawke accidentally gets too important at work

Edgar

Set in 1933 Oregon during the Great Depression, the story follows Samuel Murphy ( Ethan Hawke), a battle-scarred war veteran whose life is shattered after the tragic death of his wife. Murphy is arrested and sent to a brutal work camp, while his young daughter, Penny, is…

Cinema_Snobb

From Sundance 2026 Padraic McKinley’s first feature, a Depression-era heist western led by Ethan Hawke, is an absolute delight. At turns nerve-wracking and gradually riveting, The Weight is incredibly self-assured in its straightforward plot, following a group of prisoners…

SiddhantAdlakha

so incredibly captivating but ethan hawke sat behind me so that’s all i could focus on

lea

Wow! This was spectacular! On the technical side The Weight is on another level. The cinematography is excellent throughout in such a wide array of locations and lighting setups. Sound design is unbelievable; you truly feel every impact, thud, break, etc. The score is also…

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