Runtime: 87 mins
Synopsis: Cowboy Del Amor is a documentary comedy about a cowboy-turned-matchmaker who can’t manage his own love life. It follows self-proclaimed "Cowboy Cupid" Ivan Thompson, as he finds Mexican brides for disillusioned American men searching for the perfect wife. His clients include Rick, an... [More]
Genre: Education/General Interest
Starring: Ivan Thompson
One would anticipate the crafting of a sinister satire here, but the film is dead serious and overidentified with Cowboy Cupid's boastful, smirking posturing. A camera in the hand of a director should be more than just a piece of surveillance equipment.
The laid-back, bittersweet peek into this flourishing but little-known world will gratify and intrigue.
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Taking on a topic-a matchmaker of white American males with Mexican women-that both high-minded liberals and flag-toting conservatives would find offensive, Ohayon refuses to pass judgment on her subjects, instead quietly stands back and lets them talk.
This charming documentary follows Ivan Thompson, the self-proclaimed 'Cowboy Cupid,' as he finds Mexican brides for American men who feel they've exhausted their options on their side of the border.
Thompson is no McNamara, and Cowboy del Amor is no Fog of War. But there is something hypnotic about this self-styled romance expert expounding on the fog of love.
Michèle Ohayon’s Cowboy del Amor turns out to be one of the sweetest, funniest and most enjoyable nonfiction films you are likely to see this year.
The film doesn't quite manage to sustain interest for the duration of its 86-minute running time.
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It's filled with humor and surprises, and no one is more surprising than Thompson himself.
Ohayon doesn't judge Thompson or his customers, but you don't need to be a Harvard-educated psychiatrist to realize that the bunch of them are dirty old men who treat women as commodities.
Every moment of this story - about America's unlikeliest matchmaker -- is fascinating. We just need more of them.
I think he knows very well that, at the core of his black little heart, he's basically just a joker of love -- and a danged good one at that.
It's hard to get past the subject matter and judge this on its value as a documentary because the concept is truly unpleasant.
It gently sheds light on the ways in which people seek new terrain in love when their familiar surroundings let them down.
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Michèle Ohayon's documentary is a slyly insightful portrait of conflicting expectations in the search for the perfect partner.
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A 60-year-old eccentric with a knack for self-promotion, Thompson makes an engaging documentary subject.
A well-done, oft-times entertaining documentary as it presents this unique brand of matchmaking that may or may not be the ideal situation for both parties. You be the judge.
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