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The Newton Boys (1998)
Released By: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment   Rating: PG-13   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Richard Linklater
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: N/A
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Skeet Ulrich, Matthew McConaughey, Juliana Margulies
Published ID: 7471
UPC: 086162104282,
Plot: Richard Linklater's fifth feature is a major departure from his previous work -- his first big-budget picture, it's also the first of his films since his 1987 Super-8 effort It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books not set during his signature 24-hour time frame, offering instead a ravishing bankrobber period piece buoyed by a gentleness of spirit rare among movies of any genre. Its true story tells of the four Texas-born Newton brothers, who between 1919 and 1924 were the most successful robbers in the U.S.; led by the newly-paroled Willis Newton (Matthew McConaughey, in arguably his strongest performance to date), the gang -- siblings Jess (Ethan Hawke), Joe (Skeet Ulrich) and Dock (Vincent D'Onofrio), as well as nitroglycerin expert Brentwood Glasscock (Dwight Yoakam) -- embarks on a crime spree which spreads across the U.S. and into Canada, heisting bank vaults only at night in order not to hurt or kill anyone. (As Willis figures it, the bankers -- all covered by insurance -- are merely thieves themselves anyway.) A sweetly contemplative film, The Newton Boys is almost an anti-crime caper -- no one gets killed, and the violence which does occasionally erupt is handled with a light comic touch. By no means a master storyteller, Linklater has instead crafted a movie tailored to his own strengths, among them his skillful direction of actors, his flair for period detail and his unerring sense of rhythm; like all of his work, The Newton Boys is also informed by its maker's deep and abiding love for the film medium itself, complete with any number of striking visual and emotional references to classics ranging from Greed to Jules et Jim. While viewers expecting slam-bang action typical of the genre will undoubtedly be disappointed, those seeking a more humane and poetic alternative will be utterly charmed. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
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Good Movie
Added 2/8/2009

I liked this movie, it was commical and recommend you to see it at least once!
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Matthew's best movie.
Added 12/14/2008

This is the best movie he ever made along with Fraility.
They get the least attention, for some unknown reason. I love it and have watched it many times. His performance, along with the other stars, is absolutely outstanding.

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
A little slow at times, but overall a very good movie
Added 8/25/2008

It's hard to make a successful movie based upon real people and true situations. But this movie does an admirable job of it. I'd forgotten all about the Newton Boys until I saw this movie recently (just loved the interviews played during the credits, definitely added to the entire movie). Very good acting by all key players. Loved the music from that era.
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No gravitation for these Newtons but a lot of ethical levitation
Added 5/29/2008

The film is very banal. Bank robbers and postal train robbers, déjà vu, blasé, passé. Nothing particularly interesting or exciting. Yet the film has a slight flaw that makes it maybe of some interest. These bank robbers and postal train robbers survived the whole business in 1924, got through the trial with rather light sentences and they most of them died of old age fifty or so years later after giving, for some of them, some TV interviews about that profession of their young age. Then that was not a film but a fictionalized documentary. Shucks! Those who got the heaviest sentences were the few real profiteers who were the real organizers behind those young cowboys who got misled, by their own dream, into getting by force the money they desired to have. But the worst part in all that story is that they got caught on their last venture, the postal train robbery, because one of the gang of brothers shot another member of that brotherly gang because he did not stick to what he was supposed to do, went on the other side of the train and got frightened by someone who did not have the identifying hat they were all supposed to wear. A mistake, another mistake and the whole venture came to a stop, though they apparently did not recuperate all the money, neither the authorities, not the Newton Boys, because the part that was hidden away by one of them was done so under the influence of alcohol, not the money of course, but the Newton Boy who was supposed to bury it and he could never, so he says at least, remember where it was. If you are not afraid of the strong cowboy Texan accent of these boys, you can watch it and entertain yourself with the dream of what you could do with three million 1924 dollars. I guess you would favor buying a new hybrid car to be economical and nice with the planet.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne & University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
fun for all ages
Added 1/5/2008

I liked that this movie is based on true story. The best part is at the end during the interview.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Good Movie
Added 2/8/2009

I liked this movie, it was commical and recommend you to see it at least once!
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Matthew's best movie.
Added 12/14/2008

This is the best movie he ever made along with Fraility.
They get the least attention, for some unknown reason. I love it and have watched it many times. His performance, along with the other stars, is absolutely outstanding.

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
A little slow at times, but overall a very good movie
Added 8/25/2008

It's hard to make a successful movie based upon real people and true situations. But this movie does an admirable job of it. I'd forgotten all about the Newton Boys until I saw this movie recently (just loved the interviews played during the credits, definitely added to the entire movie). Very good acting by all key players. Loved the music from that era.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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