... a gentle character study and a lyrical portrait of family, respect and integrity in the face of adversity.
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07/19/09
Junior Bonner (1972)
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Reviews Counted:17
Fresh:15
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Genre: Westerns
Synopsis: Mc Queen is Junior Bonner, an aging rodeo champ who returns to his home town to participate in the annual rodeo. He finds his family estranged, does what he can to help, and then moves on...after... [More]
Starring: Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino, Ben Johnson
Director: Sam Peckinpah
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Reviews for Junior Bonner
...the leisurely pace effectively prevents the viewer from wholeheartedly connecting with the material.
07/09/09
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03/26/09
Top CriticGravy.
12/09/07
A trifle clumsy, but affecting nonetheless.
08/30/06
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06/24/06
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05/04/06
Top CriticLesser known and underappreciated Sam Peckinpah film starring Steve McQueen. It's a quiet character-driven story about an aging rodeo star who visits his family on one of his stops. There's little of the characteristic Peckinpah violence, but the theme of
05/01/06
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12/06/05
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10/21/05
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07/05/05
Top CriticThere's something essential about boys playing men in front of the women they love.
06/28/05
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06/27/05
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04/09/05
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03/24/05
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03/07/05
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02/06/05
A superior rodeo movie.
01/15/05
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12/04/04
The movie simply never comes together and works as a whole. The material is terribly thin.
10/23/04
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