Review of The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972) by Lafe F — 29 Jul 2007
An authentic and grungy western outlaw life is portrayed. There's little glamour here. It shows what drove the men to do what they did. It shows what a crazy guy Jesse James (Robert Duvall) was. The leader Cole Younger (Cliff Robertson) was a fun but reckless individual.
They bring a few other oddball characters with them in their robberies. Some strange scenes are thrown in, which show the men enjoying a bathhouse, a trippy near-death scene, a whorehouse, and a muddy baseball game.
Throughout the film, they earn their own misfortune. The ending was wacky with the posse parading the outlaws in a cage with calliope. It needs a DVD now!
This review of The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972) was written by Lafe F on 29 Jul 2007.
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid has generally received mixed reviews.
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