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The Mexican (2001)
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Part road movie, part romantic comedy, part thriller, and a whole lotta fun, The Mexican could get by on star power alone, but it offers Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, and a clever plot full of delightful surprises. It's a thoroughly enjoyable shaggy-dog story in which the downtrodden Jerry Welbach (Pitt) copes with a dual dilemma: his girlfriend Samantha (Roberts) has just dumped him to pursue solo ambitions in Las Vegas, and a manipulative mobster has ordered Jerry to Mexico to retrieve a coveted antique pistol (the "Mexican" of the title) that carries a legacy of legend, death, and danger. Jerry soon has his hands full with...
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Gay hit man Leroy (James Gandolfini) holds Jerry's (Bradd Pit) girlfriend (Julia Roberts) hostage until he gets a gun (The Mexican). Sounds simple, but there is a whole lot of comedy and talk about relationships in that plot.
I don't know why people diss Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts for their acting ability. They both do a...
(complete The Mexican review by B Movie Ben)
The Mexican Movie Review by Zara  (1/31/2007) |
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If you take 2 people I normally don't like, mix them together in a troubled romance and then add in James Gandolfini as a gay mobster, you end up with a movie about a gun which made me smile.
Pitt and Roberts are a couple that have broken up, Roberts heading in one direction and Pitt in the other. Through a series of...
(complete The Mexican review by Zara)
I really wanted to love this movie. I love Brad Pitt and will see anything he is in, however this movie falls apart quickly and never really gets itself back together again.
A stupid movie about stupid characters and a stupid gun that leads absolutely nowhere.
Someone should fire their agent.
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