The Last Real
Cowboy (2000)
A sweet little sepia toned look at masculinity,
"The Last Real Cowboy" is quite funny. Until it's stupid,
obvious, expected ending. What a letdown. It's too bad
the filmmakers can't find an original way to finish
the film. For 97% of it's running time, it one of the
most clever, charming, well- written and superbly acted
shorts to be found.
Billy Bob Thornton and the Mickey Jones
(the big chubby guy with a full beard who used to come
on "Tool Time" with his construction buddies on TV's
"Home Improvement") are the stars of the piece. They
play seemingly Old West cowboys sitting around the campfire
eating beans. The talk soon turns of lost innocence
and the meaning of life, in a metaphorical sense, that
becomes delightful and, eventually, outright hilarious.
Then the most obvious and stupid fate befalls them.
Disappointing does not begin to describe the utter waste
the film falls into.
Beautifully filmed, perfectly acted and
wonderful for almost it's entire running time, the film
gets shot in the foot at it's end. What a pity.
Note:
This film screened at the SXSW attached
to the beginning of "Wildflowers," a film with which
it had absolutely nothing in common.
Directed by Jeff Lester, Script by Rudy
Gaines, DP is Peter Smokler.
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Report Card
Script: F
Acting: A+
Cinematography\Lighting: A+
Special Effects\Make Up: A+
Music: C
Final Grade: F
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