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Actor: David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Naomi Watts, Thomas Curtis, Tim DalyBrand: Showtime Entertainment
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 119 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-11-18
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Showtime Ent.
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DVD Review: Good western told from a woman's point of view
Summary: 4 Stars
This sturdy rehash of a popular Hollywood plot chronicles the changes wrought when a recently widowed Quaker woman (Naomi Watts) takes in a desperately wounded shootist (Tim Daly.) Although THE OUSIDER, a 2002 Showtime production, credits Penelope Williamson as the author of the book this movie is based on, it sure looks a lot like James Edward Grant's 1947 `Angel and the Badman,' another movie about a Quaker woman nursing a bad man back to health. Maybe to deflect comparisons the movie never refers to Watts' religion as Quaker. Instead they are simply `the plain people.' In any event, the set-up is simple and solid, and if `plot' can be defined as opposites in conflict seeking resolution, the plot elements here include; spiritual woman vs. physical man, sheep ranchers vs. cattle ranchers, a closed religious community vs. the free expression of individual love.
Those familiar with the Gail Russell/John Wayne movie will recognize the bonding going on between this angel and bad man, albeit updated to appeal to the new century. For instance, in `Angel and the Badman' Wayne's character is bent on revenge and his story predominates, while here the movie is told primarily from Watts' point of view. Gunplay is significantly downplayed in THE OUTSIDER, while lambing, rescuing sheep from boggy ponds, and scenes featuring a shirtless Daly writhing in a sweaty fever on the gentle widder's bed are highlighted. THE OUTSIDER is saturated with golden, Hallmark moments of calm, punctuated by the occasional muted scene of violence when, say, a handful of ranch rowdies ride out to scare the widow's young son, or the scenes that show what happens when the two leads are overwhelmed by the savage yearnings of their unfilled passions. Hmmm... maybe `savage yearnings' is a bit awkward, but my romance-novel patter is severely limited.
I'm not a consumer of romances, but I am an omnivore when it comes to westerns. I haven't seen many westerns, this side of Sleaze Row, that tell their story from the woman's point of view. The danger really ought to be coming from the nasty cattle ranch owner. Rather, the biggest threat here comes from widower Keith Carradine, buried beyond recognition under a floppy leather hat and behind a blond, Farmer John beard. Conveniently enough, he too is a widower with a young son to raise and a pious willingness to make many more young `uns. When it's a knockout like Naomi Watts under that linen bonnet who can blame him? If he's bland as a slab of flat bread, he's also safe and acceptable to the widow's all encompassing and all-important `plain people' community. By the way, Keith's brother David Carradine stars in this one, too, as a rye whiskey drinking town doc with a fine touch for sliding a flattened slug off a patient's vital organ.
Although I was a little thrown off by a western that dealt with some unfamiliar topics for an action genre, with the sincere performances of Watts and Daly, and the generally realistic subject and treatment, THE OUTSIDER was surprisingly entertaining.
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