Viggo Mortensen wearing a cowboy hat and a mustache in Western Dead Don't Hurt
Even though Viggo Mortensen will be forever linked to The Lord of the Rings trilogy, fans of the actor can see several other sides to him with every new project he participated in after he left Middle earth behind. One of those projects was The Dead Don't Hurt, a western that represents Mortensen's sophomore effort in directing and was immensely praised by critics.
✕ Remove Ads The Dead Don't Hurt was a standout when it premiered. First, it conquered the hearts and minds of critics in film festivals. Then, it opened in theaters and earned an excellent 85% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics like Chicago Sun-TimesRichard Roeper calling it “a lean and brutally authentic tale bolstered by outstanding performances from Mortensen, the versatile Vicky Krieps and a terrific supporting cast.
✕ Remove Ads "Sometimes people like to put things in a category, 'Okay, it's a feminist Western.' I never said that, but the idea of feminine/masculine is a complex thing, more and more so these days. People talk about it more openly, but, you know, sometimes a man can be very feminine and a woman can be more masculine in their approach to a certain problem or a discussion, and you see that in our characters. They fluctuate.
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