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Rancho Deluxe

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Rancho Deluxe (1975)

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Reviews Counted:12

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Rotten:4

Average Rating:6/10

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: This cult send-up of the pretensions of the new west stars Jeff Bridges and Sam Waterston as Jack McKee and Cecil Colson, two cattle rustlers who use a panel truck and chainsaws in their work... This cult send-up of the pretensions of the new west stars Jeff Bridges and Sam Waterston as Jack McKee and Cecil Colson, two cattle rustlers who use a panel truck and chainsaws in their work instead of a lariat. Henry Beige, played by Slim Pickens is hired by the recently arrived ranchers to investigate the losses and brings a touch of the old West to the story and the solution of the crime. [More]

Starring: Jeff Bridges, Sam Waterston, Elizabeth Ashley, Charlene Dallas

Starring: Jeff Bridges, Sam Waterston, Elizabeth Ashley, Charlene Dallas, Clifton James, Slim Pickens, Harry Dean Stanton, Richard Bright, Patti D'Arbanville

Director: Frank Perry

Director: Frank Perry
Producer: Elliott Kastner
Screenwriter: Thomas McGuane
Composer: Jimmy Buffett

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In keeping with the audience it is aimed at, the film is self-consciously cynical and insolent, and at the same time fundamentally romantic and seeking to be liked. The combination works surprisingly well, thanks to good ensemble acting.

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06/24/06
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A funny movie set in contemporary Montana that is rich in oddball characters and a light satirical touch

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01/18/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

Surprise: Frank Perry kept his wits about him long enough to make this mildly watchable 1974 film about the modern west.

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01/01/00
Don Druker
Don Druker
Chicago Reader

There's nothing so hapless as a movie made in the wrong style, especially when the director doggedly insists on that style to the bitter end.

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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It is so cool it is barely alive.

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05/09/05
Richard Eder
Richard Eder
New York Times
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The humor is too throwaway when it isn't laid on with a trowel.

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10/30/07
Variety Staff
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An underrated anti-western about modern-day cattle rustlers.

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10/30/07
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Rambling but entertaining flick.

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Dan Lybarger
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