The Missouri Breaks
1976, Western/Drama, 2h 5m
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Lee Clayton
Tom Logan
Little Tod
Jane Braxton
Cary
Calvin
Critic Reviews for The Missouri Breaks
All Critics (27) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (22) | Rotten (5)
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Thomas McGuane's brilliant script operates on a sort of sliding time scale, reaching back to the early pioneer days or forward to the present to illustrate the implications of this proposition.
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A Western-as-capitalist-critique piece shanghaied by Marlon Brando's eccentric bounty hunter trying on brogues, mumus, and buckskin Nudie suits.
November 12, 2008 | Full Review… -
As a film achievement it's corned beef and ham hash.
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Slightly lacking in tension but with a striking performance from Marlon Brando
December 30, 2006 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
This appealingly eccentric revisionist western highlights the critical importance of violence in establishing 'civilized' society in the American wilderness.
May 20, 2003 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… -
Enjoyable, if forgettable, New Hollywood shtick.
January 1, 2000 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for The Missouri Breaks
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Apr 23, 2021Jack Nicholson plays the laconic head of a gang of rustlers who open a Pandora's Box of trouble when they murder the local cattle baron's foreman. The baron quickly responds by hiring a well-known assassin to go after the rustlers, Marlon Brando ~ who arrives to chew major scenery and turns this Western into something like a noir on horseback. Brando's character only wants to hunt the men, and like a cat he lives to play with his live food before killing it. It's a different sort of Western, sure, like a psycho-Western.Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
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Jul 11, 2011"The Missouri Breaks" isn't as a good as Arthur Penn's "Little Big Man" and I could hint that while filming production must have been rather difficult. Nicholson and Brando give very good performances, Arthur Penn is a master at using violence during key scenes but the length is way too long and sometimes one can get lost while trying to figure out what's going on. The landscapes is beautiful and all which leads me to question. Is "The Missouri Breaks" a bad film? It is but to me, it sort of get's a descent pass.Brian R Super Reviewer
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Sep 06, 2010Who would think that a movie with two of the greatest actors ever would be so horrible? I saw this one on TV, and it was so incredibly slow and boring, I couldn't watch the whole thing.Aj V Super Reviewer
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Aug 23, 2010This goes from being a very odd movie to a very good movie about half way in, which is actually why it's so interesting. Jack Nicholson really gives the better performance here, both his character and mannerisms are so natural and deeply thought out. Marlon Brando essentially went crazy for his role, which ends up being more scary than funny in the end. I really like the twist sense of mortality and the way murder is such a big part of the story. When the characters meet their fate, it's hardly glorious. It reminds me of what Clint Eastwood later played with in Unforgiven.Conner R Super Reviewer
The Missouri Breaks Quotes
| Tom Logan: | Do you know what woke you up? I just slit your throat. |
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