Review of The Mexican (2001) by Jaret M — 10 Mar 2009
Ungodly long, it vascilates wildly from funny to violent, to intriguing, to sappy, to emotional, but it never stays with any of it long enough to build anything more than mild interest in me. James Gandolfini is the best part of this movie, but he can't escape the Tony Soprano persona.
Brad Pitt is initially enjoyable as the bumbling Gringo, but after the one-note act quickly wears out its welcome, a series of increasingly stuipd contrivances keep him at it for another ninety minutes.
For most people, rooting for a love story requires something more than two beautiful movie stars: we need to care about them, and these two do nothing but scream (hysterically and almost inhumanly shrilly, in Roberts' case) at each other.
It has some originality and some moments of genuine humor, but it can't sustain anything and slugs on a good 40 minutes after the credits should have rolled.
This review of The Mexican (2001) was written by Jaret M on 10 Mar 2009.
The Mexican has generally received mixed reviews.
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