I am an author who has written at least fifteen western-based novels so I watched the movie thinking it would be much like other western movies I had seen. It wasn't! Usually one can predict plot twists and turns but not with this movie. I couldn't stop watching it for love or money. It was thought-provoking and undoubtedly more like the actual west had been than any other movie produced so far. I would give it five stars out of five. But be forewarned. It is NOT a comedy, no matter how much it is marketed as one.