The Weight Reviews - Metacritic (original) (raw)
SummaryIn Oregon in 1933, Samuel Murphy is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal work camp. Warden Clancy tempts him with early release if he smuggles gold through deadly wilderness, but betrayal festers within the crew, and Murphy questions how far he’ll go to see his child again.
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Feb 5, 2026
McKinley’s intense and, at times, brutal thriller is crowd-pleasing without being pandering. He melds a winning premise, breathless sequences, and lush photography with the right cast to draw you into the treacherous journey.
Jan 29, 2026
Throughout it all, Hawke is mesmerizing. The action scenes are tense and well-executed, though it’s the way he grounds it that makes you feel every setback.
Jan 29, 2026
Padraic McKinley’s feature directorial debut is a hugely confident survivalist tale that’s as bluntly effective as the primitive weapons employed in this bare-knuckle saga.
Jan 28, 2026
Familiar though it is, the skillfully made movie finds vigor in the been-there-done-that.
Jan 29, 2026
While the pieces for a white-knuckle mission seem to be in place, The Weight has an uneven, lurching quality, where slogging through the picturesque-yet-endless expanse of tall trees (arboraceous Bavaria doubling for Oregon) is punctuated by bursts of excitement.
Jan 29, 2026
Although The Weight is low on excitement, it ends on an affecting note that makes you wish the sluggish movie had been given more lucid storytelling, as well as more dramatic and emotional power.
Jan 30, 2026
The Weight could use a tighter edit throughout, but it’s not without one central force pulling the film across its Europe-shot version of the Oregon Trail, and that would be Hawke.
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Production Company:
- Fields Entertainment
- Augenschein Filmproduktion
- Construction Film
- Under the Influence Productions
- Vertical Entertainment
Release Date:Sep 18, 2026
Duration:1 h 55 m