

The Weight
A tale of good and evil.
When Samuel is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal prison, Warden Clancy offers him a high-stakes proposition: smuggle gold out of a remote mine with a dangerous crew of prisoners and he’ll win his freedom.
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6.7/10
75 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Language
- English
- gold
- great depression
- oregon, usa
- military veteran
- 1930s
- man vs nature
- father daughter relationship
- smuggling
- assertive
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United States of America, Germany, France
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereSundance Film Festival26 Jan 2026
- TheatricalR18 Sept 2026
- Digital / OTTR20 Oct 2026
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical152 Oct 2026
United Arab EmiratesAE
- Theatrical17 Sept 2026
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalMA 15+17 Sept 2026
CanadaCA
- Theatrical14A18 Sept 2026
- Digital / OTT20 Oct 2026
AustriaAT
- Theatrical19 Nov 2026
BahrainBH
- Theatrical17 Sept 2026
BelgiumBE
- PremiereFilm Fest Gent11 Oct 2026
- Theatrical28 Oct 2026
EgyptEG
- Theatrical17 Sept 2026
FranceFR
- PremiereDeauville American Film Festival4 Sept 2026
- Theatrical1216 Sept 2026
GermanyDE
- PremiereBerlin International Film Festival17 Feb 2026
- Theatrical1619 Nov 2026
GreeceGR
- Theatrical24 Sept 2026
Frequently asked questions
The Weight was released on 16 September 2026.
Audience reviews
2- L7/10
Leno
9/8/2026
I always love "frontier" movies. The thought of how it felt for the pioneers to explore an essentially lawless and unmaped wilderness is at the very least intellectually enticing and makes for a great movie. "The weight" is not quite a frontier movie because it's set in Klamath Falls during the great depression, a much later period, but still drinks from the same fountain by describing a group of convicts carrying a …
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
10/8/2026
Struggling to keep the roof over the heads of himself and his daughter, "Murphy" (Ethan Hawke) gets embroiled in a fist-fight that sees him condemned to an hard labour sentence and his daughter taken into care. He knows that his chances of getting her back before she is adopted are fairly remote, but perhaps the boss at his road-building camp might be able to help? "Murphy" is an adaptable sort, quick-thinking and pr…
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