
Two young Texas cowboys on the cusp of manhood ride into 1940's Mexico in search of experience. What they find is a country as chaotic as it is beautiful, as cruel and unfeeling as it is mysterious, where death is a constant, capricious companion.... (Full plot summary below)
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Two young Texas cowboys on the cusp of manhood ride into 1940's Mexico in search of experience. What they find is a country as chaotic as it is beautiful, as cruel and unfeeling as it is mysterious, where death is a constant, capricious companion.
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| NUVO NewsweeklyEdward Johnson-OttBlack, who co-starred with Thornton in Sling Blade, is wonderful, stealing scenes and giving the whole production a greater sense of authenticity. |
| Boston GlobeSteve MirarchiMcCarthy's novel employs the coming of age narrative in service of his sanguineous spiritual vision, and for the film to renounce that philosophy is to give up its soul and be rendered lifeless. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertYou can see how this movie could have been jacked up into a one-level action picture, but what makes it special is how Thornton modulates the material. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonA perfectly coherent, handsomely rendered couple of hours, animated in particular by Damon's good performance -- shrewd, innocent, angry, wistful and, above all, likable. |
| Rochester Democrat and ChronicleJack GarnerA film with the grace, beauty and power of a stallion on the run. |
| Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonThe story just doesn't have much shape to it, and crucial information about Cole and Alejandra seems to be missing. |
| New York Daily NewsJack MathewsThornton, directing his first film since the minimalist "Sling Blade" (1996), has a much better grip on the material when he's focused on the scruffy desert landscape and the adventures of the two Texans. |
| San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannAn elegiac, visually hypnotic film about love, honor, reverence for nature and the loss of tradition. |
| Los Angeles Daily NewsGlenn WhippIt can't overcome the fact that Thornton never found a way to turn literary style into a compelling cinematic vision. |
| TV GuideMaitland McDonaghUnfortunately, Thornton's love for its iconography doesn't quite bring it to life. |