William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff.
This is the finest set of performances ever to grace a Clint Eastwood movie, and this time Eastwood even does a good job directing Eastwood. Every bullet in this movie matters.
– Michael Sragow,
New Yorker,
20 Feb 2013
fresh:
The Western is back. With a vengeance. Saddle up or get out of the way.
– Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Aug 2013
fresh:
Eastwood deliberately upends the conventions of the western, subverting his own image in the process.
– Steven Rea,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
2 Aug 2013
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Unforgiven ain't nuthin' new, y'unnerstan', but it's a good, old-fashioned western-type pitcher with plenty o' rootin' tootin' action 'n' big ol' horses 'n' 10-gallon hats 'n' sech.
– Jay Boyar,
Orlando Sentinel,
2 Aug 2013
fresh:
It shouldn't be missed by anyone with a taste for Eastwood's typically slanted morality. It's the actor/director's best movie -- and the best Western by anybody -- in over 20 years.