The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

2007 historical western

Rating: 15/20

Plot: The title's sort of a spoiler.

I will say only one thing about this one. Singer Nick Cave (screenwriter of The Proposition) has a very brief role in this as a balladeer singing the traditional folk ballad about Jesse James in a tavern. The guy's been in something like four movies, and two of them have starred Brad Pitt. This, by the way, might be Brad Pitt's best performance since playing the title character in Johnny Suede, the movie that also features Mr. Cave as a character named Freak Storm. Conclusion: Brad Pitt is best in movies that have Nick Cave in them. I was also impressed with Ben Affleck's little brother. This movie would have been far better without the narration. I liked the writing in this one, but I don't watch movies to be told everything. Better direction could have conveyed the same ideas without narration.

Here's the back of the head of a guy who realizes that he lied and said more than one thing: