The Dead Don’t Hurt is continuing an excellent and decade-long Viggo Mortensen streak. A Western that earned a limited release in September 2023, Dead Don’t Hurt follows a pair of lovers trying to survive during the Civil War. Mortensen directed, wrote, and starred in the movie, which was released nationally on May 31, 2024. While Dead Don’t Hurt has some negative reviews, the majority have been overwhelmingly positive.
Dead Don’t Hurt is the latest Mortensen movie to earn a fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. With a current Tomatometer score of 85%, it has been certified fresh, just like every other Mortensen project of the past decade. His last rotten movie came in 2012 with Everybody Has a Plan, but every movie since has been fresh since 2014’s The Two Faces of January. While audience scores have been mixed, critics have had endless praise for the past 10 years of Mortensen’s work.
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The Dead Don’t Hurt (2023)
The Dead Don’t Hurt is a story of star-crossed lovers on the western U.S. frontier in the 1860s. Vivienne Le Coudy (Vicky Krieps) is a fiercely independent woman who embarks on a relationship with Danish immigrant Holger Olsen (Viggo Mortensen). After meeting Olsen in San Francisco, she agrees to travel with him to his home near the quiet town of Elk Flats, Nevada, where they start a life together. The outbreak of the civil war separates them when Olsen makes a fateful decision to fight for the Union. This leaves Vivienne to fend for herself in a place controlled by corrupt Mayor Rudolph Schiller (Danny Huston) and his unscrupulous business partner, powerful rancher Alfred Jeffries (Garret Dillahunt). Alfred’s violent, wayward son Weston (Solly McLeod) aggressively pursues Vivienne, who is determined to resist his unwanted advances. When Olsen returns from the war, he and Vivienne must confront and make peace with the person each has become. Both a tragic love story and a nuanced depiction of the conflict between revenge and forgiveness, The Dead Don’t Hurt is a portrait of a passionate woman determined to stand up for herself in an unforgiving world dominated by ruthless men.
- Director
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Viggo Mortensen
- Release Date
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September 8, 2023
- Writers
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Viggo Mortensen
- Cast
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Vicky Krieps
, Viggo Mortensen
, Solly McLeod
, Garret Dillahunt
, W. Earl Brown
, Danny Huston
, Shane Graham
, Rafel Plana - Runtime
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129 Minutes
- Main Genre
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Drama
