The Newton Boys details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Vincent D'Onofrio, Dwight Yoakam, Miriam Margolyes, Vincent D'Onofrio, Ethan Hawke, Matthew McConaughey, Skeet Ulrich |
| Director: | Richard Linklater |
| Genres: | Action/Adventure - War, Drama - War |
| Studio: | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Name | Discs | |
|---|---|---|
The Newton Boys |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 57 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 19 Jul 2004 |
| Main languages: | English |
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Good fun
By FutureMan (48 reviews) from London , 31 May 2008[Highly rated reviewer]
This is a well made and enjoyable Western, with a really good cast. The characters are all believable and charming in their own ways, which is probably Linklater's forte. You're actually on their side all the way, despite the fact that they're motivated by greed..
It's kind of hard to criticise what's there, as I think it's really more a case of what isn't. While it's certainly enjoyable throughout, it lacks a certain kind of fizz or electricity and there aren't really many moments that are genuinely exciting. Maybe it's affected somewhat by being based on real events, as it feels at times like it's just showing you what happened rather than embellishing on it a bit more. I also find that the end footage of one of the real life Newton's kind of belies the charm of the original character, and was maybe a mis-step on Linklater's part. Overall though it's an enjoyable tale, and well told.. just don't expect fireworks.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(14)Good fun
By FutureMan (48 reviews) from London , 31 May 2008[Highly rated reviewer]
This is a well made and enjoyable Western, with a really good cast. The characters are all believable and charming in their own ways, which is probably Linklater's forte. You're actually on their side all the way, despite the fact that they're motivated by greed..
It's kind of hard to criticise what's there, as I think it's really more a case of what isn't. While it's certainly enjoyable throughout, it lacks a certain kind of fizz or electricity and there aren't really many moments that are genuinely exciting. Maybe it's affected somewhat by being based on real events, as it feels at times like it's just showing you what happened rather than embellishing on it a bit more. I also find that the end footage of one of the real life Newton's kind of belies the charm of the original character, and was maybe a mis-step on Linklater's part. Overall though it's an enjoyable tale, and well told.. just don't expect fireworks.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Newton Boys
By a customer from Poole, Dorset , 20 Feb 2007I'm afraid not even the fact that it had the gorgeous Matthew McConaughey could make me watch this all the way through .... it was just too slow for me!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Dark and difficult to understand.
By crispin40 (553 reviews) from Stirling, Scotland , 19 Apr 2006It was one of those nights for us as none of the three DVDs we have on loan passed the 10 minute test. With this one, the narrow screen format - I believe that in the cinema its wide screen - meant that we couldn't see much of the scenes and the accents of the characters were so strong that we found the dialogue difficult to understand. Decided we had better things to do with our time than try to distinguish scenes and words.- Was this review helpful to you?
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A cool Western
By Craig Davey from Cardif, wales , 15 Feb 2006Linklater is a genius, so many styles.. This is a great take on the western theme. Based on real events, the ending shows the original Newton boys, in a couple of interviews, a truly great touch which adds to the film. Worth a look.- Was this review helpful to you?
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very good
By eric doughty from clowne england uk , 16 Dec 2005true story well tolded,annoying bit it was on sky 3 days later- Was this review helpful to you?
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