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Summary: Modern screwball comedy
Review: I was surprised to like this as much as I did, not a stupendous, mind-blowing film or outrageously hilarious, but quirky. I love the way the Brad Pitt character subtley evolved into the "smart" guy as the movie progressed without losing his bumbling charm. I liked the way all the characters kept coming back together and a little bit more of the connection was being revealed. It was well put together in an old-fashioned, screwball comedy kind of way--a clever little bit of entertainment. I could see Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn doing a variation on this. The cinematographic touch of recreating an old hand-cranked camera for the telling of the legend was nice. And I'm an absolute sucker for the Ennio Morricone rip-off soundtrack. I've seen so many absolute dog movies lately . . .I really don't see what so many of the reviewers were complaining about.
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Summary: Nice packaging
Review: Yeah, nice packaging. But content... something is lacking and I'm not sure what it is. I didn't get bored watching this film, but I didn't get very excited either. I think I chuckled twice, both times at Pitt's character. This film just seemed like vanilla... nothing particlularly bad about it, but nothing particularly good about it either. Bland...
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Summary: Julia has done BETTER
Review: Brad Pitt I could care less about.Julia Roberts has always been theactress that deserves so much.Butdidn't make the grade here.Erin Brokovich was much much betterfor Julia Roberts.I should have skipped Mexican.It had all the ingrediants to makeit the best movie that Julia hasbeen in, but failed to accomplishwhat was needed to make it a hit.If you are looking for time tokill,then just rent it.I wouldn't.If you are a big Julia Roberts fanthen please skip this one.Julia dropped the ball big time.
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Summary: Great cast, great fun
Review: The Mexican is a great old fashioned type of comedy film. Brad Pitt is at his zany best and Julia Roberts is just beautiful and looks like she had a lot of fun filming this movie.The support cast were also fabulous. When you watch it just check your brain at the door and watch the movie for what it is. Great fun
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Summary: can't just make it happen ....
Review: Its obvious the filmakers bet on chemistry between Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts and a clever screenplay to carry this movie - unfortunately the chemistry just isnt there between these two and the screenplay, well it isnt very clever or smart. So what you have is a very forgettable road movie.
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Summary: Actually Pretty Boring
Review: The interesting part of this movie is the story behind "The Mexican" which is a one of a kind gun that Brad Pitt is sent to get for the mob. They do little vignettes whenever Brad Pitt finds out more history about the gun, which is the only entertaining part of the movie. Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts hardly spend any time together in the movie, maybe because they both suck as actors and the supposed chemistry between them was laughable? So only rent this if you think Pitt or Roberts is a "hottie", since the acting throughout the movie is lame. Any attempts at humour fail, as does much of the movie. It was so boring that I kept getting distracted and focusing on more interesting things, like the tread of my shoe and my split ends.
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Summary: I'm surprised it was dull, boring and bad...
Review: I was surprised that Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt choose this movie to play. It wasn't Roberts-isk. Nor do I think it was Pitt-isk. Funny in few parts but overall the movie is dull and boring. About a Mexican gun with a "story" behind it. Jerry (Pitt) is set out to hunt the gun down and bring it back to his "boss". In the meantime, someone 'kidnaps' Sam (Julia Roberts), who is Jerry's than girlfriend, to tell him where the gun is and where Jerry is. Sam knows nothing, of course, because they broke up because Jerry keeps being Jerry (aka selfish, not ready to settle down). In the long run, someone gets killed, all others are threatened by someone else. And in the end it's a happy ever after story, as well all know that's how stories usually end up. Again funny few parts but I suggest one to pass on the movie. It's not Roberts or Pitt's best!!
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Summary: Less than the sum of the parts
Review: It is possible that this film was produced just to see if putting Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts in the same film would automatically produce a blockbuster no matter how weak the script. Well, now we have our answer. This is a B movie screenplay that grossed close to $70 million, a stunning tribute to star power. The story is a quirky tale about a loser named Jerry (Brad Pitt) and his neurotic girlfriend Samantha (Julia Robert) and his misadventure procuring a legendary Mexican pistol that is believed to be cursed. While he is on this mission from the mob, his girlfriend is taken hostage by Leroy (James Gandolfini), a gay hit man who is holding her to assure that Jerry doesn't run off with the gun and sell it. The characters aren't the only ones that need therapy, since the film has an identity crisis of its own. Is it a light hearted comedy or a blood and guts action flick? The answer is both, but neither is done well. There are a few good skits in the film, mostly between Gandolfini and Roberts. The slapstick is mostly lame due to the fact that Brad Pitt, gorgeous though he might be, is no comedian. This is an opportunity for the three leads to spread their wings a bit, playing characters that take them to unaccustomed territory. Gandolfini gives us his standard mob characterization, but this time with a twist. Beneath that murderous exterior, he is ultra sensitive and gay, and he uses his hostage to vent all his loneliness and frustration. Gandolfini continues to prove that he is one of the best mob toughs ever, gay or straight, with a droll performance that produces some of the best laughs in the film. Yet, of the three, his performance strayed the least from his comfort zone. Julia Roberts gets a chance to extend her already awesome comedic talents with this part. She steals the show with her portrayal of the temperamental girlfriend from Hades, who is constantly spouting west coast psychobabble and blaming everyone else for her problems. Her comedic screen chemistry with Gandolfini is fabulous as the two lob grenades at one another, throwing in subtle physical comedy without missing a beat. Brad Pitt is completely out of his element in this film. I admire his courage in taking a role so far removed from his normal type. Pitt is used to playing the hardened rebel, always smart, resourceful and independent. This role is the antithesis of that. Here he plays a dim-witted, bumbling, henpecked loser and he is all thumbs trying to slip into his character's skin. Overall, the film is far less than the sum of its parts. This is likely to be a big disappointment for Pitt fans, but a pleasant surprise for Roberts and Gandolfini fans. To the non fans out there that are just looking for a good story, this won't provide much satisfaction. I rated it a 6/10 on the strength of the comedy of Gandolfini and Roberts.
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Summary: Tragic Comedy???
Review: One of the worst movies ever made. Mades for long for an Istar re-release. Not one worthwhile character in the whole mix. Are we truly supposed to feel sorrow for the gay contract killer and share his loss. Regardless of how well you develope the chacters, if every one in the movie is a killer and a loser how do you feel for any of them??? Mindless dribble posing as art.
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Summary: Romantic in the true sense of the word
Review: This film doesn't pretend to be an epic: it actually kind of parodies one. Here's Jerry and Samantha--of course portrayed by Brad and Julia, the top box-office stars, together in a wannabe top box-office movie--who go their separate ways, and boy to they go their separate ways, and end up together to be completely confused and jumbled in a plot so random and bizarre that it would make a black-and-white French divorce film look believable. But, I must admit, it works; it works on several levels, actually, and at the risk of sounding sentamental and desperately romantic, I simply adored it. It's a delightful film: full of great images and yes, great acting. It's tortuous, as I said before, but there's a touch of realism in this movie that makes the whole mob/chase/caper/disaster/romance/comedy formula actually entertaining. How rewarding it is to sit down and watch a far-out bout of nonsense turn into a touching, funny, and relentlessly appealing little flick that, in the end, was never a box-office hit at all. Voila le DVD! Finally, those of us who appreciated the complexity...or rather, attempted to follow it instead of negating everything, can view it in this wonderfully done DVD with special scenes and "making of" documentary and, of course, lots and lots of <<The Mexican>> whenever and however you want it. It's a lot to swallow, yes, but as the plot thickens, and as Julia and Brad steam up the screen with their gorgeous smiles (and I like white teeth, thank you other reviewer), you can sit back and relax and utter the beautiful words: " Ahhh. I like...love...this movie." Even if you're by yourself.
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