The Sunset Limited (2011)

• Year: 2011
• Released: 12 Feb 2011
• Country: United States
• Adwords: 1 win & 7 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1510938/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/The_Sunset_Limited
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: TV-MA
• Genre: Drama
• Runtime: 91 min
• Writer: Cormac McCarthy
• Director: Tommy Lee Jones
• Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Tommy Lee Jones
• Keywords: two-hander,

	7.3/10
	68% – Critics
	80% – Audience

The Sunset Limited Storyline

Two men in an apartment with their opposing beliefs in this play by Cormac McCarthey. The black guy, a former convict who believes in God, just saved the white atheist professor from jumping in front of the express train. He won’t let the depressed man leave, without following him, and feel he’s in this situation for a reason, decided by God. An intense chamber play about belief or unbelief, and a conversation about what’s true and important in life, or not.

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The Sunset Limited Movie Reviews

Like Kubrick’s 2001, this is a movie about content and… containers.

What a powerful and emerging film that depicts the two opposing sides of this universe. I was really surprised by the quality of this “little” film. This isn’t a movie about two people talking in a room about random stuff. This isn’t a film about two life-travelers that engage in an ongoing argument about the human condition. This is a film about the quality of life. Not the meaning of it but the quality. The details in it’s design. The true valor’s clockwork.

The duality of belief, as a general term, is analyzed completely in this great approach of the Cormac McCarthy novel in which the two main protagonists, “named” simply Black (Samuel L. Jackson) and White (Tommy Lee Jones) are debating over a serious and dangerous issue. “White tried to jump in front of a train and Black came and saved his ass. He carries him in his apartment and tries to put some sense into this White dude.” Right? Not really. “The movie also promotes religion and is an ongoing boredom that I completely despise.” RIght? Not really again. This has a greater meaning than just that. We live in a world filled with pathetic lies, corny truths, raised flags over white buildings and big letters over or on the dark ones. We live in a world where prostitution is legalized even in the cultural state of the society. We live in a world where rejection, where pain, where slavery and failure are common attraction to the atrocious tourists. We are hoping to free the world from the hands of the manipulators and selfish dictators, we organize revolutions, we fight for freedom but in the end we all get trapped in the same positions as we were before. This is what this movie is about. It’s about the ongoing fight carried to win our faith back. Faith, science, culture, logic, mathematics, metaphors, feelings, achievements… They are all the same. They are contents, ingredients and thoughts that the humankind must have in order to survive the greatest threat of them all. The threat which is not the monetary system, the threat which is not the harsh reality, the threat which is not the solely figurative place of the man in the world, but the threat that is represented in the lack of faith in ourselves. We are our own guides because we rule this world. This is why this movie has captured my attention completely. It’s not a masterpiece, it’s not a grand scale picture, it’s not a studio banking option, it’s not even part of the best films in the last years but… at the same time… it’s simply great. I loved it because it really balances amazingly well the truth revealed along the film with the denouement. They are identical as both form and content.

I also liked the little details like the black coffee, the text erased at the bottom of the Bible, the absence of TV and radio, the lockers on the door and not to mention the biggest detail of them all… the room. Just think about the room vs. everything else. Order vs. Chaos. Even in a messy world we could find order…

Going further to the execution, the story is well structured, the dialogues are haunting, the clichés are gone because even if you find them they tend to leap by the end of the film, the acting is impeccable and the technical aspect of the movie was a comfortable surprise. It’s exactly what the film needed. I can’t talk too much about this film because I don’t want to enter into the details… I just hope people could see what a good movie this really is. I’m pretty sure few movies captured my attention as this one did. Like Kubrick’s 2001, this is a movie about content and… containers.

professorial debate

A professor (Tommy Lee Jones) tries to commit suicide by jumping in front of a train, “The Sunset Limited”. Another man (Samuel L. Jackson) claims to be his guardian angel. The two men debate their beliefs in the professor’s apartment. The professor insists on leaving the apartment and probably go to commit suicide. The other insists on following him and convince him to embrace God.

It’s a two person play in a confined space. These are two great actors. The debate is constant and unabated. It feels more academic than personal. These characters are not necessarily flesh and blood. The writing is not natural enough and always feels like a play. It has the power of sincerity but lacks the feel of reality. This has the potential of a reveal but the play doesn’t take advantage. This is an academic play but it doesn’t actually breathe.

Sunset Limited: Not All Board, Merely All Exit *

Very depressing film. With 2 characters limited to one room for 90 minutes, what else do you expect.

Is this a conflict over right and wrong or virtue versus non-virtue? What is the author of this trite trying to address here?

Samuel L. Jackson represents good despite the fact that he has been imprisoned for murder. Tommy Lee Jones, as “the Professor” is the most depressed, negative person ever to be on this earth. Apparently, Jackson saved Jones earlier in the day from leaping to an on coming train. The play takes place in Jackson’s home where the two have gone. A detailed philosophy of life ensues. It isn’t really interesting.

I thought we were on to something when the characters speak about the number of books read and the professor speaks about society ending at Dachau.

The constant subject changes and mood swings do little to enhance this film. You’re so depressed that your waiting for the movie to end.

At last, the doors open when Jones leaves. Is this Camus’s “No Exit?” Thank the Lord it came fast enough.