Gentlemen Broncos

Directed by Jared Hess. Written by Jared and Jerusha Hess. Starring Michael Angarano, Jennifer Coolidge, and Sam Rockwell.

Rip Cord Productions - 2009

Two Stars of Review! **

I wanted desperately to love this film, telling myself that when it got yanked from theaters due to horrendous prerelease reviews that critics just didn't get it, but the reality is that Gentlemen Broncos is a train wreck. There are quite a few very funny moments and occasional hints at the brilliance that made Jared Hess' first two films so much fun, but you'll spend way too much time wondering aloud, “What the hell where they thinking?” So much time is spent wallowing in crude images like projectile vomit and a bob cat eating a man's gonads that the director appears to be reveling in just how much gross and Juvenal humor he can pack onto the screen. Couple that with a cast of wholly unlikable freaks and a main character that's almost a non entity and you're left with one of the most disdainful films I have ever seen.