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Brokeback Mountain (2005)

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Reviews Counted:232

Fresh:201

Rotten:31

Average Rating:8.2/10

Consensus: A beautifully epic Western, Brokeback Mountain's gay love story is embued with heartbreaking universality, helped by the moving performances of Ledger and Gyllenhaal.

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Rated: R [See Full Rating] for sexuality, nudity, language and some violence

Runtime: 2 hr. 14 min.

Genre: Drama, Romance

Theatrical Release: Dec 9, 2005 Wide

Box Office: $83M

Synopsis: Set against the sweeping landscapes of Wyoming and Texas, this epic love story tells of two young men -- a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy -- who meet... Set against the sweeping landscapes of Wyoming and Texas, this epic love story tells of two young men -- a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy -- who meet in the summer of 1963 while driving cattle on a mountain range. They unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection, one whose complications, joys and tragedies provide a testament to the endurance and power of love. [More]

Starring: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway

Starring: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, Linda Cardellini, Randy Quaid, Kate Mara, Anna Faris, Valerie Planche, David Trimble, Victor Reyes, Lachlan Mackintosh, Larry Reese, Marty Antonini, Tom Carey, Dan McDougall, Steven Cree Molison, Duval Lang, Dean Barrett, Hannah Stewart, Scott Michael Campbell, Mary Liboiron, Graham Beckel, Kade Philips, Steffen Cole Moster, Brooklyn Proulx, Keanna Dubé, James Baker, Pete Seadon, Sarah Hyslop, Jacey Kenny, Jerry Callaghan, Cayla Wolever, Cheyenne Hill, Jake Church, Ken Zilka, John Tench, David Harbour, Will Martin, Gary Lauder, Christian Fraser, Cam A. Sutherland, Roberta Maxwell, Peter McRobbie, Chyanne Hodgson, David Leader, Jory Vine, Mark Van Tienhoven, Greg Schlosser, Dwayne Wiley, Shane Pollitt, T.J. Bews, Lynn Ivall

Director: Ang Lee

Director: Ang Lee
Screenwriter: Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana
Producer: David Linde, James Schamus, Diana Ossana
Distributor: Focus Features

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REVIEWS FOR BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

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Full Review Source: Zertinet Movies | comment Comment
Jul 6, 2010
Steven Snyder
Steven Snyder
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Jul 6, 2010
David Ansen
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Stuart Klawans
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Jul 6, 2010
Dave White
Dave White
Movies.com

Brokeback Mountain is ultimately about the paralysis of regret and how it fractures the lives of not just those afflicted by it, but everyone else around them.

Full Review Source: Cinemalogue.com | comment Comment
Dec 6, 2009
Rubin Safaya
Rubin Safaya
Cinemalogue.com

Lee can't tell the difference between criticizing oppression and turning out an oppressed work

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment Comment
Aug 30, 2009
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

To those open-minded few who watched the film in spite of the themes and or because of its themes ... congratulations, you're proof that humans are still evolving.

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
Apr 29, 2009
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

Arguably Ang Lee's best film, this swooning, achingly sad near-masterpiece offers a universal love story that lingers long in the mind.

Full Review Source: Film4 | comment Comment
Nov 21, 2008
Leslie Felperin
Leslie Felperin
Film4

If you have the patience to sit through a slow-moving romance and you lack the vanity to be put off by explicit cowboy on cowboy relations, you'll greatly appreciate the light at the end of Brokeback Mountain, a work of art that's more than just a movie.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
Nov 20, 2008
Brian Marder
Brian Marder
Hollywood.com
N/R

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Oct 18, 2008
John Powers
John Powers
NPR.org

At times feels as ancient and familiar as any well-worn piece of American legend, even if its content could set John Wayne spinning in his grave.

Full Review Source: Style Weekly (Richmond, VA) | comment Comment
May 10, 2008
Thomas Peyser
Thomas Peyser
Style Weekly (Richmond, VA)

At its core, Brokeback Mountain is not a gay love story%u2013it is simply a love story.

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Feb 28, 2008
Brandon Fibbs
Brandon Fibbs
BrandonFibbs.com

It has the simplicity and clarity of a fable, wedded to the gnarled and taciturn physical realism of the Western.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
Aug 11, 2007
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

Annie Proulx's beautiful, delicate short story...has been transformed into a beautiful, delicate movie under the masterly direction of Ang Lee.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
Feb 22, 2007
Kevin Lally
Kevin Lally
Film Journal International

Just a well-made, well-acted melodrama that is quiet and reflective instead of big and bombastic.

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Dec 30, 2006
Ethan Alter
Ethan Alter
NYC Film Critic

Though presented as a story of thwarted love -- of ache and longing and regrets -- it's ultimately a story about the relationships that shape us -- for better and for worse.

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
Sep 22, 2006
Lisa Ann Cockrel
Lisa Ann Cockrel
Christianity Today

it could have been real campy, if it weren't so well-crafted as to be Oscar material

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Sep 10, 2006
Joseph Proimakis
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

Film with much religious and mystical imagery.

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Aug 22, 2006
Michael E. Grost
Michael E. Grost
Classic Film and Television

A gallery of worthy performances, crisp direction and a quietly graceful script make Brokeback Mountain something of a landmark in Hollywood's 2005 slate of movies.

Full Review Source: Cinema Writer | comment Comment
Aug 20, 2006
Jay Antani
Jay Antani
Cinema Writer

A gorgeous meditation on the sorrow of finding everything you want and not knowing how to keep it.

Full Review Source: Metromix.com | comment Comment
May 4, 2006
Matt Pais
Matt Pais
Metromix.com
 
 
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