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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Inga Parkel

Alec Baldwin’s Rust deemed ‘uninspired’ and ‘a tough slog’ by critics years after fatal on-set tragedy

Alec Baldwin’s Rust is finally set to land in theaters three and a half years after the fatal on-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in October 2021. However, the film doesn’t appear to sit well with critics, many of whom found it to be haunted by Hutchins’ tragic death.

The Western drama — which will play in a limited capacity at select theaters beginning Friday — follows a recently orphaned 13-year-old boy whose grandfather takes him on a journey to old Mexico after he’s been sentenced to death for an accidental killing.

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