BrianKoller's Full Review: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" is one of the most successful and beloved Westerns of all time. The film stars attractive and likeable Paul Newman and Robert Redford, there are many action scenes and humorous lines, and there is good cinematography.
Still, I found the film to be somewhat disappointing. It is a good movie, but the personalities of the main characters (engaging nice guys) do not match their actions (ruthless bank robbers). Many scenes rely too heavily on the dialogue interplay between Newman and Redford, which is only mildly entertaining. The film has some slow moments, such as the series of still photographs showing Redford, Newman and Katherine Ross living it up prior to visiting Bolivia. The comic relief characters, such as Woodcock (who blathers on about his loyalty to the unseen Mr. Harriman) and the Bolivian old-timer (who not only constantly spits, but keeps up a monologue about his success in doing so) are charmingly eccentric but not completely credible. Ross is never wanted by the police in Bolivia despite participating in robberies there. They are highly conspicuous, yet spend much time at restaurants, taverns, etc.
Newman and Redford are bank and train robbers in
the old west at the turn of the century. The
railroad hires a team of crack lawmen and
trackers to hunt them down. Newman and Redford,
with their mutual girlfriend Katherine Ross, flee
to Bolivia, where they resume robbing banks. But
they are soon hunted there, as well.
There are some spoilers in what follows.
Clues to the film's ending are obvious. A
friendly sheriff tells them that their days are
numbered and that they will die a bloody death.
Ross says that she doesn't want to be present
when they are killed. I felt that these hints,
especially Ross's, were too heavy-handed.
"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" won the
Golden Globe for Best Picture, and was nominated
for Best Picture by the Academy, correctly losing
to "Midnight Cowboy". "Butch Cassidy" is also
noted for the Burt Bacharach score. (67/100)
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