The humor is too throwaway when it isn't laid on with a trowel.
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10/30/07
Rancho Deluxe (1975)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:8
Rotten:4
Average Rating:6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: This cult send-up of the pretensions of the new west stars Jeff Bridges and Sam Waterston as Jack McKee and Cecil Colson, two cattle rustlers who use a panel truck and chainsaws in their work... [More]
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Sam Waterston, Elizabeth Ashley, Charlene Dallas
Director: Frank Perry
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Reviews for Rancho Deluxe
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Top CriticAn underrated anti-western about modern-day cattle rustlers.
10/30/07
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.
06/24/06
No review available.
08/01/05
It is so cool it is barely alive.
05/09/05
Top CriticThere'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.
10/23/04
Top CriticA funny movie set in contemporary Montana that is rich in oddball characters and a light satirical touch
01/18/04
Rambling but entertaining flick.
01/06/04
No review available.
08/22/03
No review available.
01/07/03
No review available.
10/13/02
Surprise: Frank Perry kept his wits about him long enough to make this mildly watchable 1974 film about the modern west.
01/01/00
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