'Brokeback Mountain' is a pure original
by Eleanor Ringel Gillespie

You've probably already heard all about "Brokeback Mountain." The movie about the gay caballeros. Homos on the range. Yippie ki yi gay. Whatever. People so inclined can make all the dumb jokes they want, but "Brokeback Mountain" remains a significant film and one definitely worth your time. That said, it's not quite the movie it wants to be. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
Two young men, one a ranch hand and the other a rodeo cowboy, meet in the summer of 1963 while working together on a lonely mountain range. There, amid the sweeping Western landscapes, they unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection that will be frought with complications, tragedy and joy.

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'Brokeback Mountain'

Director: Ang Lee
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, Randy Quaid
Run time: 134 minutes
Release date: Dec. 9, 2005
Rating: R for sexuality, nudity, language and some violence.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: B
"Ledger gives a consummate portrayal of a man so locked-up inside, he can barely function."

Austin American-Statesman: 5 of 5 stars
"... one of the year's top movies."

The Palm Beach Post: A
"That it arrives from within a Hollywood system that has churned out so many awkward soap-opera movies about gay love makes it all the more astonishing."


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