Gentlemen Broncos
Gosh, Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre creator Jared Hess is back and delving even deeper into the murky underworld of geekdom. A young fantasy nerd - played by rising star Michael Angarano (The Forbidden Kingdom) - has his idea for a book called Yeast Lords ripped off by a flamboyant established novelist called Ronald Chevalier, played by awesome Flight Of The Conchords/Eagle Vs Shark man Jemaine Clement.
Sam Rockwell also stars, as the main character of the book in question, and if the film delivers on the promise of its almost disturbingly funny marketing campaign - see Ronald Chevalier's website - then it could be a quote-worthy cult classic to rival Napoleon.
- Director:
- Jared Hess ('Napoleon Dynamite', 'Nacho Libre')
- Writer:
- Jared HessJerusha Hess
- Cast:
- Jemaine ClementSam RockwellMichael AngaranoHalley FeifferJennifer Coolidge
Reviews & comments
Terrible!
I'm sorry, but I thought after watching the trailer that this would be great, sort've like napolean dynomite. However it was well and truely not. It found everyway not to be funny, and my friend and I left wishing we had the past 2 hours of our lives back. It was unforutnately the worst movie I have ever seen, and my friend completely agreed.
I was in the mood for Crazy
And crazy was what we got. I have to be honest, the combination of Jemaine Clement and Jared Hess had me itching to see this film and last night I was in the mood for crazy. I wasn't disappointed. Out-loud laughs and I walked from the cinema with a huge smile on my face. Watch out for the snake scene - you'll know it when you see it.
Disappointing
Gentleman Broncos is very, very quirky. It’s also engaging and delivers a few good laughs. The opening is promising, but as time goes on the film is simply not consistent enough. Jemaine Clement is an awesome talent, but he can’t make up for the shortcomings in the script, there simply aren’t enough laughs. It’s the sort of strange film that some people...
Variety
pressNapoleon Dynamite seems perfectly well-adjusted (not to mention downright charismatic) compared to homeschooled mama's boy Benjamin Purvis in Gentlemen Broncos, the latest oddball character portrait from one-trick helmer Jared Hess.
Total Film
pressAfter the hit-and-miss Nacho Libre, hopes that Hess would return to Napoleonic form are soon dashed by a gaudy folly that nurtures quirk to an obsessive, overbearing degree.
The New York Times
pressTiming, good jokes and characters you can laugh with and at are mostly missing from Gentlemen Broncos.
Roger Ebert
pressThe director, Jared Hess, who made "Napoleon Dynamite," a film I admit I didn't get, has made a film I don't even begin to get.
Los Angeles Times
pressSatire aside, what the oddball folks here never feel is real, despite the filmmakers' claims of autobiographical parallels.
Variety
pressNapoleon Dynamite seems perfectly well-adjusted (not to mention downright charismatic) compared to homeschooled mama's boy Benjamin Purvis in Gentlemen Broncos, the latest oddball character portrait from one-trick helmer Jared Hess.
Total Film
pressAfter the hit-and-miss Nacho Libre, hopes that Hess would return to Napoleonic form are soon dashed by a gaudy folly that nurtures quirk to an obsessive, overbearing degree.
The New York Times
pressTiming, good jokes and characters you can laugh with and at are mostly missing from Gentlemen Broncos.
Roger Ebert
pressThe director, Jared Hess, who made "Napoleon Dynamite," a film I admit I didn't get, has made a film I don't even begin to get.
Los Angeles Times
pressSatire aside, what the oddball folks here never feel is real, despite the filmmakers' claims of autobiographical parallels.
Terrible!
I'm sorry, but I thought after watching the trailer that this would be great, sort've like napolean dynomite. However it was well and truely not. It found everyway not to be funny, and my friend and I left wishing we had the past 2 hours of our lives back. It was unforutnately the worst movie I have ever seen, and my friend completely agreed.
I was in the mood for Crazy
And crazy was what we got. I have to be honest, the combination of Jemaine Clement and Jared Hess had me itching to see this film and last night I was in the mood for crazy. I wasn't disappointed. Out-loud laughs and I walked from the cinema with a huge smile on my face. Watch out for the snake scene - you'll know it when you see it.
Disappointing
Gentleman Broncos is very, very quirky. It’s also engaging and delivers a few good laughs. The opening is promising, but as time goes on the film is simply not consistent enough. Jemaine Clement is an awesome talent, but he can’t make up for the shortcomings in the script, there simply aren’t enough laughs. It’s the sort of strange film that some people...
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