While surveying a telegraph line in 1861, Western Union engineer Edward Creighton (Dean Jagger) is severely injured in an accident. He is discovered by Vance Shaw (Randolph Scott), an outlaw on the run from a posse. Forced to travel on foot after his horse was hurt, Shaw at first considers stealing Creighton's horse, but changes his mind and takes the man with him, saving his life.
Sometime later, following his recovery, Creighton returns to Omaha, Nebraska and plans the construction of a telegraph line from Omaha to Salt Lake City, Utah. Facing considerable opposition to the line from Confederate soldiers, Indians, and outlaws, Creighton elicits the help of his sister Sue (Virginia Gilmore), foreman Pat Grogan (Minor Watson), and assistant Homer Kettle (Chill Wills).
Looking to put his outlaw past behind him, Shaw arrives at Creighton's Western Union office looking for honest work and is hired as a scout by Grogan who is unaware of his past. Creighton recognizes him among the men and allows him to stay despite his suspicions. Creighton also hires tenderfoot Richard Blake (Robert Young), a Harvard-educated engineer as a favor to Blake's father. Shaw and Blake are both attracted to Sue and vie for her attention, but their romantic rivalry is cut short when construction of the telegraph line starts on July 4, 1861.
After work commences on the line, one of the men is killed apparently by a mysterious band of cattle-rustling Indians. Unconvinced that Indians are to blame, Shaw rides out to investigate and follows the rustlers' trail to the camp of Jack Slade, a former friend and cohort, whose gang committed the killing disguised as Indians—the gang Shaw left following his last bank robbery. Slade reveals that they are working for the Confederacy to disrupt Western Union because they believe the telegraph service will help the Union. Shaw rides away and returns to the line. Not wanting to turn in his former friends, Shaw tells Creighton that a large band of Dakota Indians stole the cattle, and recommends that they simply replace the herd and not risk a fight with the Indians.
Sometime later, a confrontation takes place between men working on the forward line and a band of drunken Indians. When one of the Indians tries to steal some equipment, a nervous Blake shoots him, ignoring Shaw's order to remain calm. After word arrives that the main camp is under attack by other Indians, the Western Union men rush back to help with the defense. At the main camp, Slade's men, who are again disguised as Indians, steal the Western Union horses. The company discover the ruse when one of the wounded Indians turns out to be a white man. Forced to buy back their stolen horses from Slade, Creighton becomes suspicious of Shaw's involvement, especially when he admits to knowing the gang.
Soon the U.S. Army arrives and announces the Indians have now refused to allow the telegraph lines to go through their territory in response to Blake's shooting of the drunken Indian. Creighton, Shaw, and Blake ride out to convince Chief Spotted Horse to allow them to build the line through Indian territory, even though the man Blake wounded was Spotted Horse's son. Creighton is finally able to persuade the Indians to allow them passage, and work continues until the company approaches Salt Lake City.
Sometime later, Shaw receives word that Jack Slade wants to meet with him. On the way to see Slade, Shaw is captured and bound by Slade's men. Slade says his group is going to burn down the Western Union camp and they don't want Shaw to interfere. After Slade and his men ride off, Shaw escapes from his ropes but arrives back too late to prevent the fire. He helps rescue some of the Western Union men from the flames and burns his hands in the process.
After the fire, Creighton confronts Shaw for an explanation, but Shaw does not reveal what he knows and is fired by Creighton. As Shaw leaves the camp, he tells Blake that Slade is actually Shaw's brother and that he, Shaw, will find Slade's gang and stop them from interfering with the telegraph project. Shaw rides off and finds Slade and his men in a nearby town. At the barber shop, Shaw confronts his brother, whose gun is concealed under the barber's sheet. Slade shoots Shaw through the sheet. Shaw fights back in spite of his wound, killing some of the gang members, and then dies. Blake arrives and continues the fight with Slade who dies from his wounds. Soon after, the Western Union line is completed and the workers celebrate. When Sue laments the absence of Shaw, Creighton tells her that Shaw can hear them.
这是一部非常开心麻花式的片子，如果你喜欢《夏洛特烦恼》那么可以去看看，如果是抱着宁浩电影的期待那就赶紧睡个回笼觉，或者喝杯咖啡把瞌睡醒醒。
可是《李焕英》能和《阿凡达》、漫威宇宙这些相提并论嘛！
（另外建议陈思诚来学习一下什么是母爱，学习一下人家最后半小时是怎么升华怎么反转的。）
打从记事起，妈妈就是个中年妇女的样子。我妈妈也一样。她也有她的青春啊，只是她为了我们不再顾忌她自己。
2.5 穿越梗是人家三十多年前玩剩下的套路，拍得也很糟糕（导演问题），全程味同嚼蜡，直到最后那个反转。这是皮克斯式的情感/视角反转（参考瓦力、玩具3和Coco），学到了精髓而奏效，可惜又处理得过于繁重拖沓。当然电影之外的真情实感的确很动人。
这仍然是国内主流价值观，我仍然与它们格格不入。
也就还行，能看，作为喜剧是合格的，理解评分为啥这么高，大众的情感软肋并不难抓，精准投喂的最优结果。除了最后视角转换后的催泪反转之外，剧作真没什么出彩之处，这些年什么夏洛特烦恼什么乘风破浪已经把此类题材能拍的都拍完了，原地打转可不是国产电影前进的正确方式。
他們說這只是一部電影化小品 並不能算得上是電影 我覺得賈玲也沒有在乎去追求什麼電影的高級品味吧 她給媽媽的電影 我們又不是她媽 那麼理智客觀好高層次喔 啊阿姨說了她有出息的她就有出息的！
基本上和夏洛特烦恼一个套路，穿越过去弥补现实生活的遗憾。但剧本比不上夏洛打磨的千锤百炼。能看出贾玲对母亲的真挚感情，但不足以撑起一部电影的篇幅。
6 看简介以为是女性版《乘风破浪》，其实是80年代版《夏洛特烦恼》。细节工夫到位，OST有流行音乐，也有真正属于那代人的《年轻的朋友来相会》！情绪处理得挺好，也善于营造气氛，很让人感动。尤其处于疫情背景之下，“亲情”与“告别”很能令人共情，更何况是“妈妈曾经是少女”引发的女性意识呢？到了最后20分钟左右，很多人都在抹眼泪😢 影片不乏许多问题（尤其是剧作结构），但作为贺岁片，绝对及格了。PS：场下UCLA毕业生一脸辛酸笑。
在某部自以为是地讨好观众贺岁片的对比下，显得情感尤为真挚
但你又知道这个哭是生理性的，被煽动的
为贾玲挺尴尬的！
贾玲不懂她妈，也不懂母爱，好像更不太懂自己
这部电影对观众最大的意义就是反思自身，朋友之间聊天，我们达成一个共识：不带妈妈去看。原因很简单：怕妈妈会想起她的妈妈，大过年的，不想惹哭她们。没有了妈妈的妈妈，需要女儿来疼。而还有妈妈的我们，从这部电影中学会了珍惜，我很爱很爱我的妈妈，尽管我知道我无法像她那般爱我，但我会尽力让她过好日子。
没想到这部电影的余韵会这么长，看完一阵了，脑袋里还会回味一些情节，感慨当下与那个时代那么遥远又那么相似…
前一个半小时我心想就这就这
美术很棒，每一个布景都很用心，故事情节的跳跃感有点像韦斯安德森的感觉但又不完全是。
不管是亲情题材、穿越题材还是喜剧题材类电影中，这一部都算中规中矩，这个8.2实在是夸张，我很喜欢贾玲，但这和电影本身好不好没有关系，这届豆瓣已经不是我当初看电影前必来做功课的那个豆瓣了
诚然，贾玲的技法上有很多问题，作为导演还是太稚嫩笨拙了。但光那句“我的女儿健康快乐就行”，反观隔壁消费女性作笑话的《唐探3》，回望前几天春晚的催婚小品，对比此前开心麻花的作品，就已经足够让人神清气爽了。
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