Four Newton brothers are a poor farmer family in the 1920s. The oldest of them, Willis, one day realizes that there's no future in the fields and offers his brothers to become a bank robbers. Soon the family agrees. They become very famous robbers, and five years later execute the greatest train robbery in American history.... (Full plot summary below)
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Four Newton brothers are a poor farmer family in the 1920s. The oldest of them, Willis, one day realizes that there's no future in the fields and offers his brothers to become a bank robbers. Soon the family agrees. They become very famous robbers, and five years later execute the greatest train robbery in American history.
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| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumNot to be hyperbolic, but Richard Linklater's first big-budget movie may be the Jules and Jim of bank-robber movies, thanks to its astonishing handling of period detail and its gentleness of spirit, both buoyed by a gliding lightness of touch. |
| Kalamazoo GazetteJames SanfordLinklater seems to understand the root of McConaughey's appeal stems from his wild side. Casting McConaughey as someone noble and high-minded... is like hiring Madonna to play a housewife. |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenWhat The Newton Boys lacks in dramatic definition, it more than compensates for with its underlying intelligence and visual luster. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliA fast-paced, entertaining motion picture that replaces gritty tension with a lightly-dramatic character interaction that occasionally borders on straight comedy. |
| The New York TimesElvis MitchellIf Mr. Linklater is not entirely at ease with action sequences (or with the obligatory having-fun montage once the brothers become successful), he still makes this (after ''Before Sunrise'' and ''Suburbia'') another admirable directorial stretch. |
| The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe Newton Boys is Linklater's most conventional film and, despite its numerous flaws, it's not bad. |
| Film ThreatVictor MinjaresLinklater reaches for the sky with this film, but the result is mixed. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsEric LurioHad this come out three months ago, it would be up for an Oscar for something. |
| TV Guide MagazineSandra ContrerasInoffensive and designed to cater to some sort of middle-of-the-road constituency (it's not entirely clear who wants period gangster Westerns to be jolly instead of dark), this film is a huge leap forward for director and cowriter Richard Linklater, and he tackles the genre conventions and period set pieces with eminent grace. |
| VarietyEmanuel LevyAn extremely handsome production that meticulously evokes the 1920s, and a likable male-dominated cast, headed by Matthew McConaughey in his best screen performance to date, only partially compensate for a story that's too diffuse and lacks a discernible point of view that would make it dramatically engaging. |
