After her husband-to-be Wild Bill Hickok is killed in an infamous poker game, Calamity Jane must break out of prison and find his murderers before Deadwood's Sheriff can arrest her.After her husband-to-be Wild Bill Hickok is killed in an infamous poker game, Calamity Jane must break out of prison and find his murderers before Deadwood's Sheriff can arrest her.After her husband-to-be Wild Bill Hickok is killed in an infamous poker game, Calamity Jane must break out of prison and find his murderers before Deadwood's Sheriff can arrest her.
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Poor acting and direction is what putting me off. Not sure why the first review had it as 10? Perhaps their relative who enjoyed the family show. There are plenty of actions and kilings just like typical western movies. I suggest the old western movies had alot better actors then this film has. It is like watching C Grade western movie with students from drama school. They definitely need a far better director who can able to see what the audience can see. Nah, it was a waste of time for me. If you don't mind poor acting and enjoy watching them like on stage, then this will be you. I give a three.
Overall, this film just "feels" sort of odd.... like it's unpolished. There are just minor nuances that work against any "suspension of disbelief". Things like someone speaking one sentence in *too* perfect English. I.e. ".. that is how things are meant to be" as opposed to "...that's how things're meant ta be". Or one person looks sparkling clean when everyone else looks dusty and worn. Or.. the long hair wigs on the male actors just look unrealistic (if not reused between actors - seriously looks like the same long hair wig on several different actors).
There's FAR too much attempt at some sort of emotional pull for Jane.. but there's ZERO character development for her. This is NOT a story about how Jane got her nickname. Not even close. It STARTS with Jane already having her nickname and apparently some sort of reputation. It's not even a story about Jane really.... it's a story that *happens* to have Jane, Buffalo Bill, etc. In it - that's all. There's no reason all the character names couldn't have been changed to completely unrecognizable names, the film would have been the same.
Honestly, I didn't care about any of the characters - but it was CLEAR that was the intent of some scenes. It was clearly striving to be some sort of "emotional western". But came across as just formulaic and cliché.
Overall, this film has an air of a "made for TV" film.. that same melodramatic acting and soundtrack.. and storyline. LITTERED with clichés in scenes, characters, settings, and dialog.
This film is not really horrible, but it is exceptionally unremarkable and forgettable.
Some foul language, western violence. (shooting, etc). No sex or nudity or adult content (might have been a kiss at most).
There's FAR too much attempt at some sort of emotional pull for Jane.. but there's ZERO character development for her. This is NOT a story about how Jane got her nickname. Not even close. It STARTS with Jane already having her nickname and apparently some sort of reputation. It's not even a story about Jane really.... it's a story that *happens* to have Jane, Buffalo Bill, etc. In it - that's all. There's no reason all the character names couldn't have been changed to completely unrecognizable names, the film would have been the same.
Honestly, I didn't care about any of the characters - but it was CLEAR that was the intent of some scenes. It was clearly striving to be some sort of "emotional western". But came across as just formulaic and cliché.
Overall, this film has an air of a "made for TV" film.. that same melodramatic acting and soundtrack.. and storyline. LITTERED with clichés in scenes, characters, settings, and dialog.
This film is not really horrible, but it is exceptionally unremarkable and forgettable.
Some foul language, western violence. (shooting, etc). No sex or nudity or adult content (might have been a kiss at most).
A nice mumbo jumbo of a "Western" , having unlikely and unrealistic characters, spearheaded by Calamity Jane, though ironically and convincingly played by the multifaceted actress that Emily Bett Rickards is. It is mindlessly enjoyable and believe me or not, would have made a nice 6 to 8 parts mini-series.
Hope Stephen Amell does more quality productions, series and movies alike, clean-shaves more and would make a nice operative. If Henry Cavill can do it, he sure as hell can too.
Hope Stephen Amell does more quality productions, series and movies alike, clean-shaves more and would make a nice operative. If Henry Cavill can do it, he sure as hell can too.
- Screenplay/storyline/plots: 4
- Production value/impact: 2
- Development: 6
- Realism: 2.5
- Entertainment: 4.5
- Acting/self: 5.5
- Filming/photography/cinematography: 7
- VFX: 7.5
- Music/score/sound: 6
- Depth: 3
- Logic: 3
- Flow: 5.5
- Western: 4
- Ending: 2.5.
Ready to settle down for an enjoyable new western movie than you have found it with Calamity Jane. Good nicely paced story - fast real looking action scenes and realistic gun fights and physical fights. Striking cinematography of the western landscape. An enjoyable western to watch. Realistic and natural sounding dialog that makes you feel that you are right back in the 1800's in the fabled Dakota territory. Deadwood was a rip roaring place full of rough and tough characters such as Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane and the characters in this movie seem very true to life and believable and are well played by the selected actors.
In 2024 I expected that they would be able to produce a movie far better than in 1953. It's far from that! Bad amaturish acting with an overexaggerated played accent. The sets and clothing are not authentic enough. Most scenes are predictable. The jail scene, the poker scene, the scene at the mine. With more creativity this could have been a better movie.
The good part? I have to think! Maybe it's the part with the undertaker. It comes pretty close to some exitement. But as said, I had to think about it.
I had to do my best to keep watching. All in all very a very dissapointing western for me.
The good part? I have to think! Maybe it's the part with the undertaker. It comes pretty close to some exitement. But as said, I had to think about it.
I had to do my best to keep watching. All in all very a very dissapointing western for me.
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- TriviaReunites actors Stephen Amell and Emily Bett Rickards. Both actors previously worked together in "The Arrowverse" on The CW, where they played Oliver Queen/The Green Arrow and Felicity Smoak/Overwatch respectively.
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