Mel Valentin
4 min readNov 7, 2020

Movie Review: “Let Him Go” Delivers a Solid Mix of Drama and Genre Thrills

The estranged family that brunches together …

Pop culture-wise, the Western genre’s relevance has faded over time, but for Kevin Costner, a throwback movie star and Oscar-winning director, it represents a figurative second home, a genre where he can explore, examine and dissect varying iterations of masculinity, from the playful, Hawksian charms of Silverado thirty-five years ago, the physical, emotional, and mental toll of the Civil War in Dances With