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- 2000
- R
- United Artists
- 2 h
- 2000
- R
- United Artists
- 2 h
Summary A raw, romantic tale of stark beauty and primal authenticity about how dreams collided with greed in the making of California. [MGM]
Directed By: Michael Winterbottom
Written By: Frank Cottrell Boyce, Thomas Hardy
- 2000
- R
- United Artists
- 2 h
- 2000
- R
- United Artists
- 2 h
The Claim
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7.8
Where to Watch
Summary A raw, romantic tale of stark beauty and primal authenticity about how dreams collided with greed in the making of California. [MGM]
Directed By: Michael Winterbottom
Written By: Frank Cottrell Boyce, Thomas Hardy
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 28 Critic Reviews
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54% Positive
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15 Reviews
39% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
7% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 28 Critic Reviews
62
54% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
39% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
7% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
One of those rare literary adaptations that finds its fidelity in freedom, that stands as both a fitting version of its source material and as its own creation.
Gives off the same vapor of impending tragedy—of a fate neither just nor unjust but ineffably, wrenchingly right.
It overcomes some patchiness to turn into a rich emotional experience, ranging in degree from fire to ice.
There's something almost too controlled, cerebral, and overdetermined about Winterbottom's Western notions.
The film moves too slowly and dispassionately to resonate as it should.
This director's (Winterbottom) reach is impressive, but this time it doesn't quite grasp.
A numb, oddly dispassionate trudge toward predestined doom, inevitable in all the wrong ways.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 User Ratings
7.8
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 User Ratings
7.8
82% Positive
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
0% Mixed
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18% Negative
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Production Company
Alberta Foundation for the Arts,
Alliance Atlantis Communications,
Arts Council of England,
BBC Film,
Canal+,
DB Entertainment,
Grosvenor Park Productions,
Pathé Pictures International,
Revolution Films,
United Artists
Release Date Dec 29, 2000
Duration 2 h
Rating R
Tagline Everything has a price.
Website
http://www.theclaimmovie.com/
Awards
Genie Awards
• 3 Nominations
Valladolid International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
British Independent Film Awards
• 2 Nominations
