Something of a Paper Moon variant, with travelling newspaper reader Hanks taking orphan ex squaw Helena Zengel to relatives across 1870 Texas. Interesting about post-war attitudes and laws (slavery hasn't yet been abolished, southerners aren't allowed to carry firearms). Exciting and satisfying despite - or because of - Hollywood ending.
Photographed by Darius Wolski in natural light, music by James Newton Howard, edited by William Goldenberg. Adapted from novel by Paulette Jiles, by Luke Davies and Greengrass.
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