Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch movie review

MOVIE TITLE: Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch

This western drama is a Tubi Original and is now free to watch wherever the service is available.

RATING: R

LENGTH: 1 hour 46 minutes

MOVIE REVIEW MOM GRADE: C-

IN A NUTSHELL:

When Butch Cassidy and his deadly band of outlaws pull off a high-dollar train robbery, the legendary Pinkerton detectives raise a deadly posse to hunt them down.

The film was directed by Anthony C. Ferrante, and written by Geoff Meed.

THINGS I LIKED:

I liked the part toward the beginning of the movie where the outlaws were introduced with cute “Wanted” posters. It shows the cast, which includes Ross Jirgl, Jilon VanOver, Nikki Leigh, Bruce Dern, Jeffrey Combs, Dee Wallace, Geoff Meed, Josh Horton, Jason Coviello, and Ginger T. Rox.
There are some cliched Western images and tropes, but I actually got a kick out of them.
The sweeping music feels like it belongs in a great, epic Western.
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THINGS I DIDN’T LIKE:

There are SO many close-up shots that were distracting.
The acting is often very wooden and amateurish, constantly reminding me that I was watching actors. I much rather prefer to disappear into a movie.
Considering it’s a Western, there aren’t a lot of shoot-outs and action. A lot of people just pull out their guns on each other, mostly.
Details of the real-life story of some of the real characters have been changed a bit.
The shots look bright, rather than a more believable dungy-dirt color palette for a Western.
Speaking of color, the beautiful young lady who receives romantic attention from a couple of the men wears makeup, which only the “working girls” of the day would have worn.
The movie poster made Butch Cassidy look like a young Aaron Eckhart, so I was disappointed when I realized he wasn’t even in the movie.
The sets look like sets.
Unfortunately, the movie just didn’t hold my attention at all.