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Rancho Deluxe (1975)

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Reviews Counted: 12
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In Frank Perry's curious, off-center comedy Western, Jeff Bridges and Sam Waterston play Jack McKee and Cecil Carlson, a couple of cattle rustlers whose special target is taciturn rancher John Brown (Clifton James). Both men are outcasts by choice; McKee can't stand being around his stuck-up ex-wife (played by Doria Cook), while Carlson, an Indian, finds his fellow tribesmen too tradition-bound for his tastes. Together, they plan to lift themselves out of the penny-ante class with one big crime

R, 1 hr. 33 min.

Western, Action & Adventure, Comedy, Cult Movies

Directed By: Frank Perry

Written By: Thomas McGuane

In Theaters: Mar 14, 1975 Wide

On DVD: Dec 19, 2000

Cast

Jeff Bridges
Jack McKee
Sam Waterston
Cecil Colson
Elizabeth Ashley
Cora Brown
Charlene Dallas
Laura Beige
Clifton James
John Brown
Slim Pickens
Henry Beige
Harry Dean Stanton
Curt
Richard Bright
Burt
Patti D'Arbanville
Betty Fargo
Maggie Wel Wellman
Mary Fargo
Jimmy Buffett
Himself
Bert Conway
Wilbur Fargo
Doria Cook
Anna
Ronda Copland
Dee
Helen Craig
Mrs. Castle
Patti Jerome
Madame
Sandy Kenyon
Skinny Face
Richard McMurray
McKee
John Quade
Circular Face
Jon Rodgers
Clerk
Joe Spinell
Colson
Joseph Sullivan
Dizzy
Anthony Palmer
Karl
Danna Hansen
Mrs. McKee
Sam Waterson
Warren Oates

Critic Reviews for Rancho Deluxe

All Critics (12) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (4) | DVD (5)

The humor is too throwaway when it isn't laid on with a trowel.

October 30, 2007 Full Review Source: Variety

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It is so cool it is barely alive.

May 9, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Richard Eder

New York Times

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There's nothing so hapless as a movie made in the wrong style, especially when the director doggedly insists on that style to the bitter end.

October 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

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Surprise: Frank Perry kept his wits about him long enough to make this mildly watchable 1974 film about the modern west.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Don Druker

Chicago Reader

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An underrated anti-western about modern-day cattle rustlers.

October 30, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

In keeping with the audience it is aimed at, the film is self-consciously cynical and insolent, and at the same time fundamentally romantic and seeking to be liked. The combination works surprisingly well, thanks to good ensemble acting.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

A funny movie set in contemporary Montana that is rich in oddball characters and a light satirical touch

January 18, 2004 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice

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