Based on Shannon Pufahl’s 2019 novel of the same name, On Swift Horses has a lot of things going for it – the starry cast of über-popular young actors (Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter), lush visuals, sweeping romance , a rich period setting. While it doesn’t quite soar to the heights that combination might promise, it does deliver a textured, thoughtful drama examining queer love and repression in mid-century America.

Normal People and Twisters star Edgar-Jones is Muriel: when we meet her, she’s living with partner Lee (Poulter) in Kansas after his return from the Korean War, doing her best to avoid accepting his hand in marriage. When Lee’s charming but unreliable brother Julius (Elordi) visits, sparks fly between him and Muriel, and it sets off a journey of self-

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