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Poor acting and direction is what putting me off. Not sure why the first review had it as 10? Perhaps their relative who enjoyed the family show. There are plenty of actions and kilings just like typical western movies. I suggest the old western movies had alot better actors then this film has. It is like watching C Grade western movie with students from drama school. They definitely need a far better director who can able to see what the audience can see. Nah, it was a waste of time for me. If you don't mind poor acting and enjoy watching them like on stage, then this will be you. I give a three.

...and settle in for a re-watch of Deadwood, the brilliant TV series that features far better acttors & depictions of Jane & Bill. This thing is a train wreck that dares to take these names in vain. Muddled and incoherent from the start, with ill-placed soundtrack music that just adds to the irritation.

Now, for the rest of the required word count - my favorite westerns, among which I count the above-mentioned TV series - The Unforgiven, The Good, The Bad & the Ugly, Hell Or High Water, The Long Riders, a whole bunch more Eastwood films, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, Lone Star, McCabe & Mrs. Miller. Lonesome Dove TV series...

Overall, this film just "feels" sort of odd.... like it's unpolished. There are just minor nuances that work against any "suspension of disbelief". Things like someone speaking one sentence in *too* perfect English. I.e. ".. that is how things are meant to be" as opposed to "...that's how things're meant ta be". Or one person looks sparkling clean when everyone else looks dusty and worn. Or.. the long hair wigs on the male actors just look unrealistic (if not reused between actors - seriously looks like the same long hair wig on several different actors).

There's FAR too much attempt at some sort of emotional pull for Jane.. but there's ZERO character development for her. This is NOT a story about how Jane got her nickname. Not even close. It STARTS with Jane already having her nickname and apparently some sort of reputation. It's not even a story about Jane really.... it's a story that *happens* to have Jane, Buffalo Bill, etc. In it - that's all. There's no reason all the character names couldn't have been changed to completely unrecognizable names, the film would have been the same.

Honestly, I didn't care about any of the characters - but it was CLEAR that was the intent of some scenes. It was clearly striving to be some sort of "emotional western". But came across as just formulaic and cliché.

Overall, this film has an air of a "made for TV" film.. that same melodramatic acting and soundtrack.. and storyline. LITTERED with clichés in scenes, characters, settings, and dialog.

This film is not really horrible, but it is exceptionally unremarkable and forgettable.

Some foul language, western violence. (shooting, etc). No sex or nudity or adult content (might have been a kiss at most).

In 2024 I expected that they would be able to produce a movie far better than in 1953. It's far from that! Bad amaturish acting with an overexaggerated played accent. The sets and clothing are not authentic enough. Most scenes are predictable. The jail scene, the poker scene, the scene at the mine. With more creativity this could have been a better movie.

The good part? I have to think! Maybe it's the part with the undertaker. It comes pretty close to some exitement. But as said, I had to think about it.

I had to do my best to keep watching. All in all very a very dissapointing western for me.

A nice mumbo jumbo of a "Western" , having unlikely and unrealistic characters, spearheaded by Calamity Jane, though ironically and convincingly played by the multifaceted actress that Emily Bett Rickards is. It is mindlessly enjoyable and believe me or not, would have made a nice 6 to 8 parts mini-series.

Hope Stephen Amell does more quality productions, series and movies alike, clean-shaves more and would make a nice operative. If Henry Cavill can do it, he sure as hell can too.

• Screenplay/storyline/plots: 4
• Production value/impact: 2
• Development: 6
• Realism: 2.5
• Entertainment: 4.5
• Acting/self: 5.5
• Filming/photography/cinematography: 7
• VFX: 7.5
• Music/score/sound: 6
• Depth: 3
• Logic: 3
• Flow: 5.5
• Western: 4
• Ending: 2.5.

I was in the mood for a good western. Something new and different. My mistake turning this on. It's downright horrible.

First the good -- the scenery is beautiful. That's it.

The script is really dumb. Just doesn't make a shred of sense. But the worst part of all is that the acting is really really really bad. Like almost laughable.

I have no idea who the woman that plays Calamity is, but she cannot act herself out of a paper bag.

She spends her time on screen mugging for the camera and putting on an obviously phony accent that she can't keep straight.

I was bored out of my mind 8 minutes into this fiasco.

This was a fairly decent western, not terribly accurate in terms of history, but also not as bad as, say, "The Sands Of Iwo Jima." Overall, not great but not horrible either.

I see a lot of naysayers in the other reviews, and I must disagree. Rickards did solid job portraying the protagonist and, if you've seen her elsewhere, "Arrow," for example. Not surprisingly, the two best actors from that series, Rickards and Amell, play the two pivotal characters here; Jane and Wild Bill.

A couple of things one should always keep in mind when watching a drama based in history; never expect strict adherence to historical facts, as artistic license and interpretation will always skew the true events for the sake of pacing; they can't typically jam all the correct history into a two or even three hour production. Even miniseries suffer from this and they go even longer at 8-10 one-hour episodes. McCall was actually tried twice in real life. "Because Deadwood was not under a legally constituted law enforcement or court system, officials argued that McCall could be tried for murder again. Agreeing, the federal court in Yankton, Dakota Territory, declared that double jeopardy did not apply, and set a date for a retrial," which was not covered at all in the film, not even by a subtitle epilogue. No spoilers, but the character Jack McCall was based on the real McCall who was, in fact, Hickok's murderer.

Again, not horrible and it's available through Prime Video as of 2024\12\02. If you liked Emily Betts Rickard in "Arrow," it's worth a watch, but it's a VERY different kind of performance for her. Surprising to be sure, but solid, nonetheless.

The push from the studios for diversity and equality delivers us movies like this. Half rate action, changing accents, characters treated with reverence/respect/caution without any backstory to justify it, and an underwhelming end product.

I *get* that people want representation and variety, but this felt forced and contrived. Maybe we've been spoilt for choice with the range of modern westerns (Deadwood, No Country For Old Men, 1883) but this is not even close to the same league. It felt like it delivered WNBA level excitement. Acting is sub par, accents weren't consistent, and even the set/cinematography felt too CGI to be believable.

Watched on a whim - don't necessarily regret it, but won't be recommending it to anyone.

Ready to settle down for an enjoyable new western movie than you have found it with Calamity Jane. Good nicely paced story - fast real looking action scenes and realistic gun fights and physical fights. Striking cinematography of the western landscape. An enjoyable western to watch. Realistic and natural sounding dialog that makes you feel that you are right back in the 1800's in the fabled Dakota territory. Deadwood was a rip roaring place full of rough and tough characters such as Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane and the characters in this movie seem very true to life and believable and are well played by the selected actors.

When I stumbled upon the 2024 Western movie "Calamity Jane", from writers Leon Langford and Collin Watts, I had never heard about it. But I opted to watch it on account of it being a movie that I had never seen or heard about. And I figured that since the movie had Tim Rozon on the cast list, then chances would be that the movie would actually be worthwhile watching.

Right, well within the first minutes of the movie, the F-word was used two times, and that pretty much put a dampener on the movie for me. While I am not a prude, then I just don't think that language is suitable in a Western movie. And it continued on throughout the course of the movie, and I have to say that it definitely took away something from the overall enjoyment of the movie for me. Writers Leon Langford and Collin Watts really dropped the ball with the excessive swearing dialogue here.

The storyline in the movie was fairly good, as it proved to be entertaining and straightforward. However, the movie is hardly one that warrants more than a single viewing, as there just simply isn't sufficient contents to the storyline to support multiple viewings.

I was only familiar with actors Tim Rozon and Mike Dopud of the entire cast ensemble in the movie, and they were indeed nice additions to the movie. I will say that they had a good cast ensemble, and the acting performances in the movie were good.

Director Terry Miles's 2024 movie "Calamity Jane" looks and felt like a proper Western movie, which was nice. They had definitely stepped all the way in here and made it rather presentable. I liked that about the movie.

Watchable, for sure, but the excessive foul language sort of ruined the movie for me.

My rating of director Terry Miles's 2024 movie "Calamity Jane" lands on a five out of ten stars.

It started out good and went south from there.

These Writers don't no anything about Calamity Jane or the wild west. The producers are sadly off base and the casting, was Lame as hell. Well not much more to say about this except I have to post 600 words to be able to post it. Yeah it is that bad a film. Too bad because Calamity Jane was a colorful character to say the least in real life. Perhaps the producers should go visit Deadwood or read a book or two and get some better actors. And what was up with Abagail? Braces were hard to come by in the 1800 out west, unless you were a rich eastern era.

It goes without saying that Emily Bett Rickards absolutely gets into character no matter who she plays. I can't imagine having to do this movie being so opposite of who she usually is. And that's just one of her many superpowers.

It's nice to see her reunited with her good friend Steven Amell. I was pleasantly surprised as to how they worked him into the story.

I did see a little bit of cynical comment about how it's almost good but not good enough, but I can tell you if you watch it without knowing too much about it before, you can enjoy this one. It's pretty darn realistic and true to the story. Don't let naysayers keep you from giving this one a try. Do understand that it's geared towards adults, so you should review it before you let kids see it. Just balance that with the idea that this shows a little bit more realistic view of just how rough and tough the Wild West was.

I love Emily Bett Rickards and Stephen Amell, they are two wonderful actors who have proven themselves time and time again. I think their chemistry and the ability to work together are phenomenal. I also thought that the other actors in this film were wonderful as well. I loved the action and mirth of the crazy lady, the actor that portrayed her was amazing and proved herself as well. Everyone connected with this film should be very proud of their accomplishment. This movie is worth seeing. I like how this director put a new spin to Calamity Jane and how she lived. Things were really tough for women in the old west and it is wonderful through film to get a glimpse of what life would have been like.

Calamity Jane, portrayed by Emily Bett Rickards, showcases an astonishing portrayal in this thrilling love and adventure short tale set in the Wild West. With her energetic performance, she brings life to both the intense action scenes and compelling dialogue. Equally noteworthy is the portrayal of Wild Bill Hickok by Stephen Amell. The most memorable aspect of this scene was the captivating chemistry between the two characters. Undoubtedly, witnessing their future partnering in romantic, comedic, action spy thrillers will be an absolute joy.

The director, writer, and the entire cast, particularly Priscilla Gaia in the role of Abigail, delivered outstanding performance. Faia's acting was truly exceptional.