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Old Gringo (1989)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:5
Rotten:6
Average Rating:5.1/10
Runtime: 2 hrs
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A middle-aged spinster (Jane Fonda) decides to escape her cloistered New England life by taking a job as a governess in Mexico. There she falls in love with a passionate young general fighting in... A middle-aged spinster (Jane Fonda) decides to escape her cloistered New England life by taking a job as a governess in Mexico. There she falls in love with a passionate young general fighting in Pancho Villa's army, while at the same time finding herself drawn to a mysterious, aging American man. The American turns out to be the journalist Ambrose Bierce (Gregory Peck), who disappeared in Mexico in 1913. The three characters become enmeshed in a love triangle that plays itself out against the dramatic backdrop of the Mexican Revolution. Based on Carlos Fuentes' novel. [More]
Starring: Jane Fonda, Jimmy Smits, Gregory Peck, Patricio Contreras
Starring: Jane Fonda, Jimmy Smits, Gregory Peck, Patricio Contreras
Director: Luis Puenzo
Director: Luis Puenzo
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Reviews for Old Gringo
While there’s nothing inherently awful about Old Gringo, it had the potential to be something more than it is – a semi-coherent romantic melodrama.
Propelled by the desperate yearning of three strangers who meet in Mexico in l913 during Pancho Villa's revolution.
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