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The Mexican
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, James
Gandolfini |
| MPAA Rated: |
R |
| Released By: |
Dreamworks
SKG |
| Kiddie Movie: |
Nope. |
| Date Movie: |
The dudettes seem
to like the movie. |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
Julia keeps her
clothes on as usual. |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Some shootings and
blood. |
| Action: |
Nah. |
| Laughs: |
Ehh. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
None. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
None. |
| Directed By: |
Gore Verbinski |
| Produced By: |
Lawrence Bender,
John Baldecchi |
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The Mexican
A Movie Review |
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As the credits rolled and I found myself thinking the
movie pretty much a load of crap, I was sort of surprised to hear
many of the dudettes seeming to like the movie, and it didn’t seem
like it was only because of Brad Pitt. I’m talking about "The
Mexican," a film that I thought had tons of potential but just
fell apart.
"The Mexican" tells the story of Jerry (Brad Pitt) and
Samantha (Julia Roberts). Jerry works for the mob running errands
but usually just screwing things up. Samantha is sick of Jerry’s
life and wants them to move to Las Vegas, and she’s going, with or
without Jerry. The problem for Jerry is that his mob bosses have one
more job for him and Samantha doesn’t understand. So, Jerry is off
to Mexico to find an ancient pistol while Samantha is off to Vegas
to find her dream life, only she runs into Leroy (James Gandolfini),
supposedly working for the mob to make sure Jerry gets the gun and
delivers it to the boss.
For Jerry’s part of the movie we get him having mishap after
mishap trying to retrieve the pistol. First he gets the pistol, then
the dude he is also supposed to bring back to the States gets shot
in the top of the head (bullets shot up have to come down
somewhere), then the pistol and his car get stolen, then he gets
them back, then they get stolen again, then he gets them back, then,
well, you get the idea. Meanwhile Leroy and Samantha start trading
relationship advice as both of them seem to have problems keeping
relationships, all the while Leroy has to maintain his hit-man
persona.
You would think that with the triple-team of Pitt, Roberts, and
Gandolfini, well, "The Mexican" couldn’t miss, but for
me it did as I sat there pretty much bored by a movie that tried to
hard to be edgy. It could have been a funny movie, it could have
been a dark movie, but "The Mexican" tried to hard to be
both and none of it clicked for me. But, like I said, some of the
dudettes leaving the movie seemed to enjoy although I won’t let
that sway my decision. I tried to like the movie, tried very hard,
and usually like anything with Julia Roberts, but I didn’t like
"The Mexican" and give it 1 ½ star out of 5. No one
seemed able to save this movie and in the end I didn’t really care
if Jerry and Samantha got together, I just wanted the movie to be
over.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!! |
