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.
三星半。其实很受不了这种把催泪元素、飙演技时刻全部炖在一起乱煲的路数，每到某个时刻，就会觉得太苦太腻了，想要赶紧从故事中“抽身”；反反复复，终究无法完全进入。无关共情与否，是希望亲情命题里，情绪与逻辑有个相对平衡的状态。但还是想说，这是徐帆近些年最好的一次；戏外驭夫专家也当了，戏内各种婆婆妈妈姑姑太太也演了；还是在提醒观众（也是提醒自己），可以演也还想演（尽管演出了每个时刻都仿佛在大吼“老娘五提金鸡，还没有给我”的气势【。）。有了绝对主角这番能量后，这个角色也就最终活了。【张婧仪剪成短发，总想起《将爱》里的“小艾”谢雨欣。】
女二好温柔啊，女一很冲动任性，但她俩在一起好和谐，一个在疯，一个无条件的宠着。
平庸又混乱的翻拍，徐帆撒娇太嗲了，张婧仪再好好练练台词吧，许亚军真帅。
小爱只字不提爱情，却处处都是暧昧....
没有大哭，不停小哭。关于母亲，其实无需多言！
7分，感情真挚，将母亲对于女儿的干涉以及女儿的逆反拍得很真实。后半部分有些拖沓，部分逻辑不能说服我，癌症治疗设定模糊，弟弟叫佩奇好出戏，但瑕不掩瑜，结尾女儿找到了喜欢做的事，并替妈妈达成梦想打动了我。
妈妈的全世界可不是那100多平的房子，而是你。
一直等着找时间和妈妈一起看。知道很俗套，但我和我妈还是在沙发里哭的互相给对方擦眼泪。呜呜呜呜呜呜
哭到眼泪鼻涕一把抓，虽然故事很老套剧情都在意料中，但是人到中年后，看这种电影还是很容易破防。家庭让我们不再以孤单的身姿面对这个世界，在情感有了倚靠的同时也有了更多的软肋，爱让我们更坚强也更软弱。身为一个妈妈，太多情感的共通点可以共情。
足够真实，所以动人，徐帆的角色真的就是大多数同时代女性的样子，但孩子却是比较不让人省心的那种。在感动的同时，这部电影真的要给中年人提个醒，忙于家庭工作的同时，一定要定期体检，好好爱自己！
啊啊啊啊啊啊西八，3颗星给第二段床戏，女一真的像有那个大病
前1/3母女相处日常基本就是生活写照，女主在棚里跪着写题词板也很真实。题材特殊性，几乎核武器催泪弹，旁边的妈妈哭抽了。负面评价基本是消费女性消费母爱，但又指不出来具体哪里出了问题怎么改进。徐帆的表演毁誉参半，但我觉得还行。不太舒服的点：北漂混成渣的女儿如何整租房子、如何能开上自己的车？开车崩溃戏很刻意，无论是一向挤地铁的女儿突然开车找不着路，还是母亲突然的军训式坚强打气。女儿塑造基本是成功的，但待人接物对事业对爱情，都看不出什么闪光点，要不是做了假发，真的觉得完全是个失败的现代女性。这么高知拎得清又温柔谦和坚韧的母亲，怎么能教出这么废的女儿。
人生不是叠buff，真是这样我宁可孤家寡人一辈子了
这种母亲很伟大，但是不值得学习，人应该先学会爱自己才会懂得如何爱别人
改编自《世上最美丽的离别》。
故事完整，木村的温柔包裹住小爱的任性，谁脆弱谁坚定呢，有时候再多的自以为是都不如身体反应来的真实。男生难得的不让人讨厌。
这部戏很日常，很生活，很细腻，演技很在线，很打动我，让人眼圈发热，流泪。
许亚军佝偻着背坐在医院长椅上的那个远镜头是此片唯一可圈可点的地方。
小爱只字不提爱情，却处处都是暧昧....
不过我喜欢女二这种性格的女朋友。
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