Rent The Claim (2000)
3.2 of 5 from 71 ratings
1h 56min
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- Synopsis:
California in 1860 is a tough place to live, unless you're Daniel Dillon (Peter Mullan). Having made a fortune in gold, he now successfully owns and runs Kingdom Come, a sprawling prospecting town nestled between the snowscapes.
Daniel has designs on turning his town into a city, but to do that he needs the railroad and so invites Dalglish (Wes Bentley), the chief surveyor of the Central Pacific Railroad expedition, to conduct a survey of the surrounding area.But just when he thinks he is about to put himself firmly on the map his long lost wife Elena (Nastassja Kinski) and their daughter Hope (Sarah Polley) appear. Twenty years earlier he had traded them in for the original claim that would later found his town. And as Dillon seeks forgiveness his world begins to falter. - Actors:
- Wes Bentley, Peter Mullan, Milla Jovovich, Nastassja Kinski, Sarah Polley, Shirley Henderson, Julian Richings, Sean McGinley, Randy Birch, Tom McCamus, Frank Zotter, Artur Ciastkowski, Barry Ward, Karolina Muller, David Lereaney, Valerie Planche, Grant Linneberg, Jimmy Herman, Marie Brassard, Phillipa Peak
- Directors:
- Michael Winterbottom
- Producers:
- Andrew Eaton
- Voiced By:
- Elisa Bourreau
- Writers:
- Thomas Hardy, Frank Cottrell Boyce
- Studio:
- Pathe
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
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Reviews (3) of The Claim
Dull. - The Claim review by CP Customer
Great cast, stunning scenery though as dull as dishwater. Only someone like Michael Winterbottom could take a potentially good script and cast and then turn it into such a dull film.
1 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Pretty vacant - The Claim review by JS
As always Mullan is superb but even he can't save this. There's just nothing here, the film is as much a cold slog for the viewer as for the frontiersmen in the (nonexistent) story. I'll admit i'm not interested in the history of the gold rush/ American pioneers and I've never been a fan of the western so if anyone is this is probably worth watching.
0 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
Watchable, but Slow, updated version of The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy - The Claim review by PV
As the credits state, this is 'inspired by' The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy, so it was a stroke of genius to cast Natasha Kinski here who made such an impression in TESS from the early 1970s (she IS Tess).
A great cast, but lots of flab on the script and direction.
I was in the right mood to watch this to be honest, just let it wash over me, and I do like snowy landscapes - most of this film is that, so I was happy!
The film cuts back and forth between the 'present' and past without any signposts or titles saying 'X years ago' or dates to viewers have to be aware of that.
Lots of mumbling as in so many of these films.
Slow, but watchable, and great if you like snow! 3 stars
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