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Bucking Fastard

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BUCKING FASTARD is about two sisters, Jean and Joan Holbrooke (Kate Mara, Rooney Mara), who are so close to each other that they speak in unison, love the same man, and have the same dreams. They even make the same slip of tongue in unison. We cannot see the world as they see it, but we do see how the world reacts to them – through the courts and the press, through those that want to help and those who want to use them, through the eyes of beasts both tame and wild, and even through their own echoes in the core of the earth.

Critics Reviews

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Coleman Spilde Salon.com 2 days ago
Every time the filmmaker’s typically unconventional ideas threaten to tilt the movie too far askew, the sisters bring “Bucking Fastard” back on the straight and narrow. They beautifully elucidate Herzog’s complex notions of loneliness. Go to Full Review Johnny Oleksinski New York Post Sep 25, 2026
1.5/4
Suffers from that same arc of an early peak followed by a rapid decline in interest. Go to Full Review Peter Howell Toronto Star Sep 19, 2026
The film has divided festival audiences, but I fell for its strange magic. Go to Full Review David Crow Den of Geek 1 day ago
3/5
The Sisters Mara are like a winking inversion in this movie of the spooky Grady girls and their matching dresses seen in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, and a reversal of old-timey Irish fairy tales about doppelgänger changelings. Go to Full Review Will Bjarnar InSession Film 2 days ago
B+
This review may be focusing a great deal on how the main gambit here is far less out there than advertised – at least once it settles into a groove, which is swiftly – but there’s plenty of bizarre fun to be had. Go to Full Review David Gonzalez The Cinematic Reel 3 days ago
2.5
Bucking Fastard is probably not a film I will ever revisit. It’s ultimately a film that’s more style than substance, and despite committed performances by both Rooney and Kate Mara, Bucking Fastard goes nowhere FAST. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Werner Herzog

Director

Kate Mara

Jean Holbrooke

Rooney Mara

Joan Holbrooke

Orlando Bloom

Actor

Domhnall Gleeson

Actor

Werner Herzog

Screenwriter
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Movie Info

Synopsis BUCKING FASTARD is about two sisters, Jean and Joan Holbrooke (Kate Mara, Rooney Mara), who are so close to each other that they speak in unison, love the same man, and have the same dreams. They even make the same slip of tongue in unison. We cannot see the world as they see it, but we do see how the world reacts to them – through the courts and the press, through those that want to help and those who want to use them, through the eyes of beasts both tame and wild, and even through their own echoes in the core of the earth.
Director
Werner Herzog
Screenwriter
Werner Herzog
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 49m
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