South of Heaven, West of Hell
2000, 104 min
Country: US Studio: Lions Gate Films Cast: Vince Vaughn, Dwight Yoakam, Bridget Fonda, Billy Bob Thornton, Paul Reubens, Peter Fonda, Michael Jeter, Bud Cort Director: Dwight Yoakam Screenwriter: Dwight Yoakam, Stan Bertheaud Our Rating:
REVIEW
What a shameful waste of a terrific cast. Just the thought of seeing great character actors like Cort, Thornton and especially Reubens in a western should guarantee this film would be at the very least watchable. Alas, with Yoakam performing an anti-hat trick as star, director and cowriter, South of Heaven, West of Hell is a complete washout. Dull and painfully self-indulgent, this bore aims to be allegorical, quirky and revisionist, and fails on all counts. If you decide to sit through this mess, keep in mind (as you writhe in agony) that the theatrical cut was twenty minutes longer! That version is now playing on a movie screen in Hell, not west of it.
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