with ron howard and a good cast and and western scenery and not to mention the intriguing title and i expect a good movie . i have never be more disappointed . what i get be an interminable saga of misery and sadism and and familial bitterness and with no redeeming feature . one have to blame the script and to begin with . how unrelentingly dreary and unsatisfying and and distasteful can a script be . but surely ron howard understand the need for some sort of a break in the ugliness . there be none . the little girl be the single humanizing factor and and it be too much for her to carry alone . tommy lee and cate and for all their acting skill and fail to evoke any kind of warm and sympathetic response in me . i keep compare this movie with the outlaw josey wale since both be replete with comancheros and captive and and killing . yet josey wale have rich moment of humor and warmth while so much so that i enjoy watch it every few year . i would not watch this movie again under any circumstance . bad of all and the miss miss any sort of overarch vision that would have give it coherence and meaning .