Gentlemen Broncos

Jemaine Clement in Gentlemen Broncos

Jared Hess' Gentlemen Broncos is a slight comedy that continues to display Hess' fascination with eccentrics from America's heartland. Set amidst the world of pulp science fiction fandom, Hess fills the screen with quirky cultural bric a brac and lovable oddballs. Jemaine Clement, Sam Rockwell and Michael  Angarano are all good, Jennifer Coolidge less so. For some, the site of stuffed stags spewing Pepto Bismol colored liquid will be enough to dismiss this picture as mindless buffoonery. I would describe it as mindful buffoonery. Hess' gift for dialogue, his affection for his characters and the care he takes with their milieu raises this film above most American comedies. 

at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)
  • Warm Water Under A Red Bridge
    Misa Shimizu and Kōji Yakusho Shohei Imamura's Warm Water Under A Red Bridge , his final feature film from  2001,  is an odd and affecti...
  • Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
    Tye Sheridan Christopher Landon's Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse  sank without a trace commercially and was generally reviled cri...
  • B'twixt Now and Sunrise
    Elle Fanning Francis Ford Coppola's B'twixt Now and Sunrise  is an unsuccessful horror film which Coppola has been tinkering with fo...
  • Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
    Ilinca Manolache Radu Jude's Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World  is another impressive feature from the Romanian director....
  • H. M. Pulham, Esq.
    Robert Young and Hedy Lamarr King Vidor's H. M. Pulham Esq. , from  1941,  is a good, if not especially memorable condensation of John P...