Don't Come Knocking Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

Disappointing

With a stellar cast and the prospect of Wenders and Shepard working together again I expected this to be one of my films of the year. But, I have to admit that this is far from perfect.

So, what went wrong? Maybe it is the ill-judged comedy (especially Roth's irritating performance) or Shepard's less than heartfelt script. Wenders' direction is partly to blame as well as he seems unsure where to go with the film.

What should have have been a fascinating deconstruction of the myths of the West, of Hollywood and of the male psyche is a flawed but interesting piece. This film should have been as monumental as the Utah scenery that opens the film but instead we are given mere hints of what could have been

Predictable

Scenery outstanding, storyline predictable.