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Unselfconsciously juvenile and overwhelmingly quirky, Gentlemen Broncos offers a lot of potty humor but isn't terribly funny. Read critic reviews

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A legendary novelist steals a story idea from a teenage loner (Michael Angarano) and, subsequently, makes it into a disastrous movie.
  • Rating:
    PG-13 (Some Crude Humor)
  • Genre:
    comedy
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Jared Hess
  • Producer:
    John J. Kelly
  • Writer:
    Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     limited
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  • Box Office (Gross USA):
    $113.2K
  • Runtime:
  • Production Co:
    Rip Cord

Cast & Crew

Michael Angarano
Benjamin Purvis
Jennifer Coolidge
Judith Purvis
Halley Feiffer
Tabatha Jenkins
Héctor Jiménez
Lonnie
Sam Rockwell
Bronco, Brutus
Jemaine Clement
Ronald Chevalier
Mike White
Dusty
Josh Pais
Todd Keefe
Suzanne May
Vanaya
Jared Hess
Director
Jared Hess
Screenwriter
Jerusha Hess
Screenwriter
Jared Hess
Executive Producer
Jerusha Hess
Executive Producer
John J. Kelly
Producer
Ben LeClair
Executive Producer
David Wingo
Original Music
Munn Powell
Cinematographer
Yuka Ruell
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Audience Reviews for Gentlemen Broncos

  • Jul 20, 2013
    Bizarre and oddly written, Gentlemen Broncos is a satire about the world of new sci-fi novels sucess and it's cinematic adaptation, as well it's fans. Dispite being silly, present a juvenile screenplay and seldom have an actually funny scene, the couple of filmmakes, Jared and Jerusha Hess, show another quirky view of the society and another interesting movie to watch. Fresh.
    Lucas M Super Reviewer
  • Jul 24, 2011
    20% of the film is kooky and funny, 80% o the whole film is very kooky, strange, unclever, dumb brained, and unpleasent. and that's what makes gentlemen broncos, an indie comedy that we don't know when to laugh at the moment it want's us to. C-
    Juan C Super Reviewer
  • Jul 08, 2011
    This is by the creator of "Napoleon Dynamite", and if you love that movie, then you will love this movie. Much of the same quiet, off-beat dry humor. It's about a kid who writes a sci-fi story, and a famous author steals his story. Pretty simple, but very weird and a lot of it makes no sense. The sci-fi scenes that are taking place in his story are some of the weirdest scenes I have ever seen, some are funny, but most are just way too out there. Jermain Clement plays the author, and he is great! I've loved everything he's done since "Flight of the Concords"(LOOK IT UP!). Not as good, or classic as "Dynamite"(do the chickens have large tallens?), but it's still worth a view if your into that humor. If your not, then just skip it and quit being a jerk.
    Everett J Super Reviewer
  • Dec 12, 2010
    A successful pulp author who's run out of ideas steals a teen author's sci-fi novella. The beyond-offbeat tone, which might be characterized as "nerd grotesque," is uneven and takes some serious getting used to, but the movie is never boring; Jemaine Clement's often hilarious performance as the pompous Dr. Chevalier and the bizarre dramatizations of the epic "Yeast Masters" (which feature cyclopses, flying stags and stolen gonads) makes it worth the price of admission. Not for everyone, but not nearly the disaster it's been made out to be.
    Greg S Super Reviewer
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