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LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Gentlemen Broncos (2009) in Movies

Jul 4, 2021  
Gentlemen Broncos (2009)
Gentlemen Broncos (2009)
2009 | Adventure, Comedy
7
7.6 (5 Ratings)
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I get a lot of the disdain but honestly, this is pretty much the exact natural evolution of ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜‹๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ - for better and for worse. Am I proving the (brilliant) point of this film - portraying the intrinsic merits of an original idea over that same idea bastardized by greedy agencies and/or people who claim to be supportive while in the same breath spitefully swearing 'their version' is inherently better - in suggesting that if Hess would have restrained his weird Hess-isms just a smidge, that this downright compelling premise would have built up a bit more crucial meat which would have made this the great film it deserves to be? Then again, if that were the case this would have also missed out on its deliriously kooky atmosphere which provides such unforgettable nuance. I don't get much out of the main characters here but the supporting ones are next-level delish - Sam Rockwell and Jemaine Clement are fully game for this ravishing surrealism and it shows. Has some funny fuckin' moments but - as with most of the director's work - I admit that it strains from time to time. It also happens to be both gorgeous design-fetishism *and* has a dope soundtrack - Jared Hess is essentially Wes Anderson if he was obsessed with gradeschool potty humor.