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(1 - 31) of 31 OFCS Rating: 94% Fresh Page   1   "The Proposition depicts male brutality, both within and without the confines of the law, in a beautifully measured way that doesn't kill the intensity of the narrative--wild contrasts, ironic similarities, and all."   Blogcritics.org   Alan Dale 3.5/5 "a mythic exploration of the ever shifting frontier between savagery and civilisation in an unforgiving landscape."   Eye for Film   Anton Bitel 8/10 "An uncompromising vision of the hell that was Australia's early frontier, The Proposition is a mesmerizing piece of poetry disguised as a brutal, fly-encrusted western."   Freeze Dried Movies   Brian Juergens "The finest, strangest and most uncompromising western to hit screens since Unforgiven."   Film Journal International   Chris Barsanti 4/5 "a breath of dusty air in what has been a surprisingly mundane movie year,"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin B+ "ustralian-born singer/songwriter Nick Cave pens his second film (after "Ghosts ... Of The Civil Dead") and generates a prescient allegory about imperialism."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "While Charlie's aim might appear to be less objectionable than Lamb's, the film's circuitous, implacable series of events -- less a plot than an accumulation of horrors -- suggests that intention is, at last, irrelevant."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2.5/4 "Beauty, brutality, some sly social commentary... plus another sweaty, shirtless performance from Guy Pearce highlight this Aussie western from the pen of Bad Seed Nick Cave."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   David N. Butterworth 2/4 "...an exercise in frustration..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair B- "It's well-acted and has a great premise, but doesn't add up to beans."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz "Here is an unpretentious movie for those who are willing to take a film for its surfaces...and want to forget themselves for a while. "   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Donald J. Levit B "It's surprising that a film this unflinchingly violent can be so thought-provoking, and that the performances are as fine-tuned as they are."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider "Ferocious yet free of shallow misanthropy"   CinePassion   Fernando F. Croce B+ "Strangely compelling, even perversely poetic...its juxtaposition of thematic ugliness and visual beauty is a heady one."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/4 "The strength of The Proposition is its relentless moral ambiguity."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3/5 "Delhomme's gorgeously gritty cinematography, and Cave's searing score give The Proposition an operatic bark and bluster. What's sorely missing is the bite."   I.E. Weekly   Jay Antani 8/10 "An Australian western without genre traditions in mind -- instead, their movie explores the complexities of moral relativity."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 4/5 "Beautifully told and wonderfully performed."   FilmFocus   Joe Utichi 2/5 "For audiences accustomed to revisionist Westerns, only the relocation to Down Under will be a novelty since the film follows Sam Peckinpah's blood-soaked template."   Film-Forward.com   Kent Turner B "...quiet and operatic, stark and stunningly beautiful"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "This Aussie horse opera doesn't so much present an exotic, bizarro version of the Wild West as the apotheosis of it."   Not Coming to a Theater Near You   Leo Goldsmith 3/4 "[Hillcoat] transforms the stark, surreal beauty of the outback landscape and grinding brutality of frontier life into a sweat-slicked, near-abstract ballet of blood and sand."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh "[I]nvoking horror movies is... perfectly fitting here... All hints of the fairy tale of 'the frontier' have been seared out of this tale..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3.5/4 "A revisionist Western coated in flies, mud, and sweat that exudes an appreciation for, and fearful awe of, the near-mythic savagery that stands as enlightened society's vicious antipode."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 3/5 "A good film, but it should've been a great film."   Film Threat   Phil Hall 3/5 "A strong story that's rather flattened by pretentious, over-serious filmmaking"   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline A- "A darkly brilliant chapter to a genre whose creative spirit hangs by the thinnest of threads."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux B "Good and bad reside in all of us and it is shown well by the scribe [Nick Cave]"   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 4.5/5 "Visually gorgeous, stunningly violent, and entirely gripping throughout."   eFilmCritic.com   Scott Weinberg "Nick Cave's sinewy script looks austere and stripped down but echoes with a rich set of characters and conflicts..."   GreenCine   Sean Axmaker 3/4 "Intentionally strips the polish from Hollywood's overproduced outlaw epics. "   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell  (1 - 31) of 31 OFCS Rating: 94% Fresh Page   1