Eine auswärtige Affäre

...it's Tim Blake Nelson's character who keeps the plot from spinning out of control, because he has a natural and unforced respect for these women that he yanks his brother's chain and keeps their mission on course.

...[two farm boys] find they are unable to fend for themselves when their mama dies. Rather than invest in a maid, Jake determines it would be more fiscally responsible to requisition a mail-order bride.

This is Wilder at his most acerbic and cynical (...) But the hypnotic performance he draws from sultry Dietrich shows his continuing mastery of the medium.