Watch The Keeping Room For Free

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

This movie was for the most part historically accurate, however lacked a main plot or story. The acting was good and the actors portrayed the time period well enough. Very dramatic and dreary, which adds to the historical accuracy. I overall enjoyed the movie and would recommend it to someone who has some knowledge in the Civil War era.

Good plot and actors. Accurately portrayed the rough life of women in the Civil War Era. Feminist movie with strong female leads. It was overall an enjoyable action packed movie with a lot of violence.

Fantastic movie, full of period authenticity which reminded me in tone of the masterpiece The Assassination of Jessie James by the Coward Robert Ford.Not sure what all the focus on the 'revisionist' female lead characters is all about? It might be churlish to call this 'Gone with the Wind with gore' but it's hardly edgy casting to portray strong female characters in any realistic portrayal of those left at home during the American Civil War. The entire movie is basically an extended version of a scenario portrayed in that 30's classic.All the actors distinguish themselves including a memorable cameo by a barely recognisable former Emmerdale regular.The only quibble would be the idiotic movie staple of knocking out your main adversary and then wandering off without either finishing the job, tying him up or even disarming the man! Really!?Anyway, that quibble aside, Brutal, Brilliant and Haunting.Highly recommended.

Set in 1865 at the tail end of the American Civil War we meet two sisters and their former black slave who have been left to fend for themselves on the farm since the war has taken away all the men folk. The new way of life sits uneasy on the younger sister baulking at her new lowly status as a mere field hand.Then a chance occurrence means her elder sister – has to go to town and in so doing crosses paths with two Yankee soldiers who are part of an advance foraging party. They are no lovers of the rule of law and as William Tecumseh Sherman has said 'War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it; the crueller it is, the sooner it will be over'. These guys seem to want the war to end much quicker than most would countenance and bring their own brand of 'cruel'. Thus is set in motion a plight and fight for survival as the soldiers set about getting what they really want.Now this is part of the new clutch of westerns that bring gritty realism with modern sensibilities, and I am a fan. It is done really well with god attention to period detail and a keening authenticity that makes the characters mire believable. Couple this with a string cast and a good story and you have nigh on all the ingredients for a very well made film.