Movie Review: The Weight Puts a Heavy Price on Freedom

Movie review: The Weight puts a heavy price on freedom

A convict in a labour camp is given a chance to earn his freedom, but it's not going to be easy in Padraic McKinley's 1933 indie throwback

The Weight review — 'Bleak, stark, and ruthless'

A breakout at this year’s Sundance, Padraic McKinley’s grimly determined debut is an indie throwback to the man-versus-wild movies of the ’70s: gritty films like the Robert Redford-starrer Jeremiah Johnson, or The Last Hard Men. Admittedly, The Weight’s impact is lighter than the title suggests, and sticks to formula like a superglued barnacle, but here’s another showcase for the endlessly versatile Ethan Hawke: truly the Swiss Army knife of act…