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The Newton Boys
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Richard Linklater's fifth feature is a major departure from his previous work -- his first big-budget picture, it's also the first of his films since his 1987 Super-8 effort 'It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books' not set during his signature 24-hour time frame, offering instead a ravishing bankrobber period piece buoyed by a gentleness of spirit rare among movies of any genre.
Richard Linklater's fifth feature is a major departure from his previous work -- his first big-budget picture, it's also the first of his films since his 1987 Super-8 effort 'It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books' not set during his signature 24-hour time frame, offering instead a ravishing bankrobber period piece buoyed by a gentleness of spirit rare among movies of any genre.
Actors:
Harold Suggs,
Ross Sears,
Robert Iannaccone,
Marjorie Carroll,
Jennifer Miriam,
Scott Roland,
Vincent DOnofrio
Harold Suggs
14 November 1917
Ross Sears
Robert Iannaccone
Marjorie Carroll
Jennifer Miriam
Scott Roland
Vincent DOnofrio
30 June 1959, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Director:
Richard Linklater
Country:
United States
Keywords:
#Casey McAuliffe #Charles Gunning #Dwight Yoakam #Ethan Hawke #Gail Cronauer #Glynn Williams #Jena Karam #Lew Temple #Matthew McConaughey #Regina Mae Matthews #Richard Linklater #Skeet Ulrich #The Newton Boys #The Newton Boys (1998)
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January 01, 2000
These are fetching performers, but their built-in energy is about all The Newton Boys has going for it.
December 27, 2004
Like the Newtons themselves, the film never goes for the kill.
July 03, 2003
Linklater 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.
January 01, 2000
More yawn-inducing than fifty people yawning.
January 08, 2018
As portrayed by Matthew McConaughey in his first fully satisfying screen performance, Willis Newton regards his three younger brothers and their associates as social rectifiers who take money only from the real thieves: bankers and their directors.
September 09, 2002
There's little nuance in the straightforward, chronological way the tale is told--it's hard to point to a scene that's worth discussing after you've left the theatre.
Variety
July 23, 2006
A handsome production that nicely evokes the 1920s and a likeable cast headed by McConaughey can't compensate for a Western-gangster film that's too diffuse and lacks a discernibel POV to be dramatically engaging.
March 05, 2002
Linklater's genuine regard for his characters and fidelity to his setting are his strongest directorial traits.