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Beer for My Horses (2008)

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Country music star Toby Keith writes and stars in this road movie comedy inspired by his chart-topping hit of the same name. Beer for My Horses opens to find small-town deputies and longtime buddies Rack (Keith) and Lonnie (Rodney Carrington) quietly enforcing the law in a small Southern town. Things are relatively quiet in their neck of the woods, so when a violent drug lord (Carlos Sanz) kidnaps Rack's girlfriend (Claire Forlani) in response to seeing his brother (Greg Serano) get arrested,

PG-13, 1 hr. 28 min.

Comedy

Directed By: Michael Salomon

Written By: Rodney Carrington, Toby Keith

In Theaters: Aug 8, 2008 Wide

On DVD: Nov 11, 2008

Box Office:$0.6M

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Even ticketbuyers with a hearty appetite for hayseed humor may be repulsed by the coarse cornpone tomfoolery of Beer for My Horses.

August 8, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Joe Leydon

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A hayseed hodgepodge of clich�d plotting, racist stereotyping, vulgar humor, cartoonish acting, clumsy drama and shameless product placement.

September 28, 2011 Full Review Source: American Profile

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Neil Pond

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Good lord, even the poster tagline is repugnant - "Vigilante justice - it's a blast!"

August 9, 2010 Full Review Source: sbs.com.au

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Simon Foster

sbs.com.au

Michael Salomon traffics in easy plot points like kidnapped damsels and land-grubbing farm barons (Barry Corbin), paired with casual sexism, copious booze and uncomfortable bigotry.

August 8, 2008 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine

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Amy Nicholson

Boxoffice Magazine

Like Middle Age Crazy and Ode to Billie Joe, Beer for My Horses belongs in that small but not exactly elite company of movies based on hit country songs.

August 8, 2008 Comment

Dave Tianen

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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I rented this with the intention of being sarcastic and superior. I was going to be the only person I know to watch THAT movie, much like I did with Postal. Well you know something? I'm a dick, because it really wasn't that bad.Don't get me wrong, it's not high art by any exaggeration. But it's not trying to be.

December 25, 2008

Steve K

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I honestly had no idea what to think about this before I watched it. I honestly don't even know what got my attention about it but boy am I happy I I watched it. Toby Keith is a better actor than he is singer...then again his music isn't so bad but I'm not saying it >_>You have Toby as a deputy sheriff with a

April 28, 2009