Ever notice that every blockbuster movie has the same fundamental pieces? A hero, a journey, some conflicts to muck it all up, a reward, and the hero returning home and everybody applauding his or...

Big Whiskey, Wyoming and the American WestMost of Unforgiven takes place in Big Whiskey, Wyoming: a small frontier town. Now, we at Shmoop did our due diligence and looked high and low and, as far...

LinearUnforgiven's a super-linear narrative. There are no flashbacks, flash-forwards, voice overs, etc. The film is, however, framed by two short blurbs on the screen that give us a brief overview...

Revisionist WesternUnforgiven has all the hallmarks of the Western genre: horses, guns, frontier towns, gun fights, cowboys, lawlessness, and plenty of whiskey. Even its plot contains familiar West...

While it would be cool if Unforgiven was named after the famous Metallica song, we happen to know that it wasn't. Sorry.However, we can tell you that the title of this film means…brace yourselves...

A bunch of people are dead and Will Munny rides off into a rainstorm. Next question! Okay, it's a wee bit more complicated—although equally bleak 'n' grim—than that. Everybody who watches Unfor...

RUnforgiven is rated R…and that's an entirely fair rating. The violence in this movie is more than a little rough at times. There's not a ton of it, but the few violent scenes are bloody, ruthles...