The Newton Boys

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Summary: Worth your time ? DEFINITELY!!!!
Review: This is the type of film that you don't see everyday. Four real-life bankrobbers who happen to be brothers, their safe-cracking accomplice and lots of gunfire, but no deaths. This is entertainment at its best. This is also a very different step for director, Richard Linklater whose other credits include DAZED AND CONFUSED, SLACKER, and SUBURBIA. Allof which were relatively low-budget but true to life. There has been much said about this movie and the "lack of plot" , but this is where you remember that this is a true story and none of Linklater's other films had plots either. The film moves along at a nice leisurely pace giving you a chance to learn about and like the characters. As far as performances go, there isn't a bad one in the bunch. (the cast is outstanding) There is plenty of action to satisfy all of the DIE HARD fans out there and when the action is toned down, it is fun to watch the poor old farmboys plan their next big heist. It has to be said that, of all the performances, Dwight Yoakam, playing a very different role than his Doyle in SLING BLADE, is the best. If you're looking for a night of action and good old fashioned, downhome characters, give it a try. It is suitable for the whole family and it is definitely worth owning. SO, forget renting. Go buy it on DVD. Now!!!

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Summary: Very enjoyable with strong characters
Review: This movie was actually recommended to me by anther customer in the video store. We weren't disappointed. It was pretty funny, and it was interestingly based on a real story. The best part of this film was the strong characters. Their personalities were so well played that you could guess a character's response to a situation ahead of time. Judging by the real-life movie clips at the end, they all played their characters accurately to the real people! Check this movie out!

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Summary: A movie of fast cars, totally hot babes, and lots of money!!
Review: We liked this movie because it brought out the life we wish we could have lived. The actors were very colorful and full of animation. We often wish that we could have shared these adventures with them. The characters were actually likable and not stuck up and stuffy unlike most characters in other movies. It was truly an adventure of a life time and then some. It vividly portrayed the roaring twenties in all their glory . I often wished that this adventure would happen today. This movie is worthy to be seen over and over again.

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Summary: Get Off My Leg!
Review: What is wrong with you people? This movie is hysterical. Vincent D'Onofrio (the great under-appreciated character vet) and Ethan Hawke are the best, you have to see the ad-libs and particularly the scene where they rob the moneybags in Toronto. D'Onofrio gets tackled and Hawke ends up dragging around a man on his ankle like a little kid on hanging on their mother. Ok, I'll watch anything with Vincent D'Onofrio, but the movie is still great besides the fact that he, my favorite actor, is in it. The movie is telling the true story, like it says in the opening ...DUH..., so why are you expecting soapy dramatizations and sex scenes when it's about them robbing banks and how they did it? I could watch it again and again, unlike most of these hyped-up garbage movies coming out of Hollywood now. See it or you're missing a piece of history!