Gentlemen Broncos

Name: Gentlemen Broncos
Genre: Comedy
Released: October 30, 2009
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 28
Cast: Jemaine Clement, Michael Angarano

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Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: October 30, 2009 | PG-13

Starring: Jemaine Clement, Michael Angarano

Summary: Benjamin, home-schooled by his eccentric mother, is a lovable loner whose passion for writing leads him on an offbeat and hilarious journey as his story first gets ripped off by the legendary fantasy novelist, Ronald Chevalier and then is adapted into a disastrous movie by the small town’s most prolific homespun filmmaker. (Fox SearchlightBenjamin, home-schooled by his eccentric mother, is a lovable loner whose passion for writing leads him on an offbeat and hilarious journey as his story first gets ripped off by the legendary fantasy novelist, Ronald Chevalier and then is adapted into a disastrous movie by the small town’s most prolific homespun filmmaker. (Fox Searchlight Pictures) … Expand

Director: Jared Hess

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 90 min

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Steven Rea

Teeming with socially awkward misfits, Gentlemen Broncos is not without its absurdist charms, although Hess (who co-scripted with his wife, Jerusha) pushes the envelope in ways it doesn't need pushing. Read full review

Shawn Levy

As the struggle toward something new and different overwhelms the film, it becomes less and less human, less and less funny and less and less worth the effort to meet it on its own terms. Read full review

Roger Ebert

The director, Jared Hess, who made "Napoleon Dynamite," a film I admit I didn't get, has made a film I don't even begin to get. Read full review

Sean O'Neal

Crammed with so much deliberate tackiness that it borders on exhausting self-parody. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Timing, good jokes and characters you can laugh with and at are mostly missing from Gentlemen Broncos. Read full review

Cliff Doerksen

A witless whack at sci-fi fanboys. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

White is cast in this film as a “guardian angel” and adds another level of painful homosexual confusion and stereotyping to the film. Ultimately, all the chafing caused by Gentlemen Broncos is likely to leave you saddlesore. Read full review

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RobD

Nov 7, 2009

This is right up hess' alley. He does a great job with great cast. It's not intended to be an intellectually stimulating movie and you shouldn't expect to get that from it. It's just plain fun entertaining humor.

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spiderprovider

Sep 30, 2016

This film gets better with each watching. In the same way as Napoleon Dynamite, I wasn't sure what I was watching the first time I saw it, and upon repeat viewings I laughed harder and harder at all of the gloriously stupid jokes and excellent characters.

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BorneoFunction

Dec 27, 2011

If this film was an animal it would be a majestic eagle. It tickled me in all the right places and bought me tampons from stores I simply would not expect. 10/10

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IIISPQRIII

Oct 9, 2012

One of the only movies I'm able to watch multiple times and still laugh at the ridiculousness of everything. Of course, the humor is low brow and sometimes disgusting, but the movie does follow an adolescent writer after all. It's hard to recommend this film to many people, but if you usedOne of the only movies I'm able to watch multiple times and still laugh at the ridiculousness of everything. Of course, the humor is low brow and sometimes disgusting, but the movie does follow an adolescent writer after all. It's hard to recommend this film to many people, but if you used to make movies using your parent's camcorder, then I would suggest you watch this.… Expand

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Jmsbpp

Jul 20, 2013

Grentlemen Broncos tiene un buen contenido poco aprovechado con personajes ridículos y poco entendibles no logra la idea principal después de un tiempo y el autor de la película actúa como un idiota perdido,sin saber que lo estan estafando.

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Wynette

Sep 1, 2021

Interesting plot but it didn't work, kind of like the plot. The characters didn't connect to each other. Jermaine was the only believable character

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TheSagePenguin

Aug 15, 2011

I enjoyed both Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre, but Gentlemen Broncos feels more like an inept attempt to capture Hess' style than an effort from Hess himself. if you remove what worked from Napoleon Dynamite (the endearing performances and odd resemblance to reality amidst the bizarre)I enjoyed both Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre, but Gentlemen Broncos feels more like an inept attempt to capture Hess' style than an effort from Hess himself. if you remove what worked from Napoleon Dynamite (the endearing performances and odd resemblance to reality amidst the bizarre) and pepper in more than a dash of inane bathroom humor just to guarantee a sunk ship, then you get Gentlemen Broncos - a movie trying so hard to be weird and off-beat that nothing feels genuine, and everything comes off contrived. The movie practically shouts its absurdities at its audience, pleading for them to become catchphrases and fads. But what won hearts with Napoleon Dynamite was its spontaneity. In contrast, Gentleman Broncos is cold calculated absurdity. And in this reviewer's opinion, it is flat-out awful. I haven't found myself less entertained in years, and have rarely found myself more insulted as a viewer by a movie smugly assuming own charm. Avoid this.… Expand

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