Jack and I really enjoyed this story of a pair of bank robbing brothers and the two Texas Rangers on their tails. Good story, good acting, beautiful images, and a few laughs in the well-crafted screenplay kept us happy to return to the movies in between summer trips out of town. As the brothers, Chris Pine (last blogged for Into the Woods) and Ben Foster (most recently in Kill Your Darlings) are wonderful. Jeff Bridges (last in True Grit) seems to have grown more marbles in his mouth but I could understand most of his lines even without a closed caption device (I'm getting so old!). You will recognize Gil Birmingham from his many TV roles, including four episodes of House of Cards.
Director David Mackenzie is new to me despite nine features under his belt, and this is the second screenplay by Taylor Sheridan (his first was Sicario). Cinematographer Giles Nuttgens (among his credits are The Deep End (2001), Bee Season (2005) (many fantastical images in that one), and What Maisie Knew) provides the pictures shot in Texas and New Mexico.
I'm streaming the soundtrack by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis from this link. I recall other songs that we liked but they're not listed on imdb.
Critics are loving this modern-day western, with a Rotten Tomatoes average of 99%! Audiences trail by only a little at 90. Mosey on up to your neighborhood art house and take a look.
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