The assasination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Reviews

With all the hoopla surrounding he, Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie, its easy to loose sight of the fact Brad Pitt is one of Amercia's best actors. Here he shows us almost all sides of his multi-faceted persona, as the outlaw/folk-hero Jesse James, a man seemingly in total control, yet falling apart. But, Mr James is not really the subject of this film, as the title attests. — — Robert Ford is played by Casey Affleck as a sort of Mark David Chapman type. Here is a man who, as a boy, collected all sorts of material about the "great" Jesse James. He indulged himself, along… read full review »

This movie is a thought provoking look at a part of history in a time of outlaws and robbers.  Longer than most and slow in parts, I never wanted to leave to go to the concession stand!  —  Brad Pitt does an outstanding job portraying Jesse James in the last few weeks of his life.  Casey Affleck does a supurb job as the sometimes childlike, unitelligent Robert Ford. — I would watch this movie again, as I believe that I would catch things that I might have missed before.  However, it did leave me slightly disturbed when I left the theater… read full review »