Flick #01 of CINEMONSTER's MannVanuary Trois.

My List of Films that I'll be watching (or have watched) plus links to those Reviews can be found here:
Slappy McGee's 3rd MannVanuary - 2024.

...also considered...

Criterion Film #65 in Slappy's Criterion Channel Viewings

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A western drama/romance.
Not really my cup of tea.

A bit too melodramatic for my tastes.
But I can certainly see the reason this flick is so well-regarded.

Two over-the-top and powerful performances by both Barbara Stanwyck and Walter Huston. They kind of swallow up everyone else around them. Not usually a good thing, but in this genre, it works quite well.

Kind of sweeping story set in and about the Ranch called "THE FURIES", father and daughter caught in a Shakespearean-sized eternal struggle. Kind of dug that part of the story.

Some great character work in the story letting these flawed people drive the plot itself.

Overall, I enjoyed it... but, again, not my jam really. Probably wouldn't rewatch it, but glad I saw it.