The Jack Bull

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Cast & Crew

John Cusack
Myrl Redding

John Goodman
Judge Tolliver

L.Q. Jones
Henry Ballard

Miranda Otto
Cora Redding

John C. McGinley
Woody

John Savage
Slater

Rodney A. Grant
Billy

Jay O. Sanders
Attorney Gen. Metcalfe

Scott Wilson
Governor

Drake Bell
Cage Redding

John Badham
Director

John Cusack
Executive Producer

Steve Pink
Executive Producer

D.V. DeVincentis
Producer

Thomas J. Mangan
Executive Producer

Kevin Reidy
Producer

John C. McGinley
Executive Producer

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Critic Reviews for The Jack Bull

Audience Reviews for The Jack Bull

• Jul 22, 2011

  The Jack Bull is a fantastic western made almost perfect by John Cusack and John Goodman. That HBO took on the project is no surprise, Hollywood rarely touches this sort of libertarian-themed material anymore. The story itself is really a simple morality tale, but one in which realism carries the day. Great acting, script, and moving story make this a must see.
  Jeffrey M Super Reviewer
• Jan 11, 2008

  The court room drama was good but I hated the ending.
  Ida K Super Reviewer
• Dec 12, 2007

  Definitely remember this movie!
  Leo L Super Reviewer
• Apr 26, 2007

  I hate John Cusack. He turns in the exact same performance in every single role with his blank stare, fast delivery and shoulder-shrugging indifference and somehow manages to receive extreme critical acclaim. He is miscast in the central role here, but surprisingly tries to do something ever so slightly different. I didn't buy it for one second, but hey, it's John Cusack. I never would have. This film is a typical western with some very beautiful photography. It actually feels like Wyoming, the dry land, the snow, the dust, the vegetation. The problem is it is never very engaging. The first 45 minutes are flat while the last hour or so is a morally confused mess preaching vigilantism and overkill. Part of the problem is the direction. It is pedestrian, bland, never involving nor, of course, even remotely exciting, and the rest of it is probably the script. It makes very little sense for Myrl to do what he does when there are many other ways he could have achieved the exact same result, his speech on how the law failed him (echoed by John Goodman's character) is ridiculous, and by the end of the film he has done far worse than Henry Ballard ever did to him, despite what the direction and the score would like to have you believe. I can't say it was exactly a disappointment (it's a John Cusack vehicle, after all) but it was certainly not very good.
  Eduardo C Super Reviewer

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