Movie

Monte Walsh

1970 · 99 min

A quiet, elegiac ride through a vanishing way of life, more mournful than action-packed, with a heavy heart beneath the wide open sky.

Tagline: Monte Walsh is what the West was all about.
Overview: Monte Walsh is an aging cowboy facing the ending days of the Wild West era. As barbed wire and railways steadily eliminate the need for the cowboy, Monte and his friends are left with fewer and fewer options. New work opportunities are available to them, but the freedom of the open prarie is what they long for. Eventually, they all must say goodbye to the lives they knew, and try to make a new start.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, warm and bleak. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Aging, friendship, freedom, grief
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: aging
friendship
freedom
grief
loyalty
Places: countryside
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild