Brokeback Mountain

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Brokeback Mountain

R

2005

2h 14m

Romance

Drama

LGBTQ+

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In 1963, rodeo cowboy Jack Twist and ranch hand Ennis Del Mar are hired by rancher Joe Aguirre as sheep herders in Wyoming. One night on Brokeback Mountain, Jack makes a drunken pass at Ennis that is eventually reciprocated. Though Ennis marries his longtime sweetheart, Alma and Jack marries a fellow rodeo riders, the two men keep up their tortured and sporadic affair over the course of 20 years.

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Critics Consensus

A beautiful, epic Western, Brokeback Mountain's love story is imbued with heartbreaking universality thanks to moving performances by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal.

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Audience Says

A timeless romance, Brokeback Mountain lays bare the stark beauty of the Wyoming landscape and the emotional connection between two souls who can’t quit each other.

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Rich Juzwiak

TIME Magazine

Jun 30

Brokeback ultimately transcends its representational imperfections with pure heart.

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Richard Lawson

Vanity Fair

Jun 25

Brokeback’s high emotion occasionally borders on the melodrama of classic Hollywood. There is plenty of aching nuance, but the film is, for the most part, generous and entirely legible in its pathology.

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David Stratton

The Australian

01/03/2024

Ledger and Gyllenhaal deserve nothing but praise for their brave, sensitive portrayals of troubled souls...

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Gregory Nussen

Screen Rant

Dec 10

10/10

Like the grand, mountainous backdrop of Jack and Ennis's love, Ang Lee's film contains more than enough space for audiences of all kinds to find themselves.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Nov 22

3.5/4

Behind its convenient (and infuriating) designation as "the gay cowboy movie," this is as universal as any love story Hollywood has produced in recent times.

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Jarrett Hill

Pop Culture Happy Hour (NPR Podcast)

Oct 7

This message [of queerness] is so loud and clear in this film, but it's never really addressed.

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benny b

@e3traterrestrial 3d

great storyline with realistic relationship patterns, zero fluff to the story with all its rawness, amazing story

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Ava V

Jan 9

Beautiful, underrated movie. Definitely watch!

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Ren Y

@HeronR3n Jan 7

It's the yearning for wanting something you can't have that really pieces the whole movie together. It's realistic in its way of portraying the homophobia during the time. What really broke me was at the end, where Ennis holds onto Jacks coat. I can't imagine loving someone so much only for time to stop, and what's worse it is knowing the fact that you couldn't be together, and yet, you so badly want to. And the hope of imagining what life could've been like if things were different, just for reality to crash in. And now, they're gone. I personally don't have any experience with romantic love, but this really gets you to sympathize with the characters.

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ida p

@lily23uu Jan 3

This movie is really one of the best romances out there, although it made me tear up. It showed how it was to be gay back then - it was so "forbidden", even ennis and jack never really admitted it out loud. Jacks passing really broke something in me. I hoped that it was just a dream and that ennis would wake up next to him until the very last second of the movie. I feel like this masterpiece is not talked about enough these days. I'm no critic but this film sure is great.

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Carlos N

@Can545 Dec 16

I saw it once and could not bring myself to see it again. That scene where Innis picks up the shirt was almost worse than jacks wife telling us what happened and us seeing the truth. Heartbreaking both. This is one of those films that stays with you forever, and it hurts.

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jou g

@joyinU Dec 10

and what we got now is BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN!!

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Synopsis

In 1963, rodeo cowboy Jack Twist and ranch hand Ennis Del Mar are hired by rancher Joe Aguirre as sheep herders in Wyoming. One night on Brokeback Mountain, Jack makes a drunken pass at Ennis that is eventually reciprocated. Though Ennis marries his longtime sweetheart, Alma and Jack marries a fellow rodeo riders, the two men keep up their tortured and sporadic affair over the course of 20 years.

Director: Ang Lee
Producer: Diana Ossana, James Schamus
Screenwriter: Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana
Distributor: Focus Features
Production Co: River Road Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Focus Features, Good Machine, Alberta Film Entertainment
Rating: R (Nudity|Language|Sexuality|Some Violence)
Genre: Romance, Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 9, 2005, Original
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Jun 22, 2025
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 11, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $83.6M
Runtime: 2h 14m
Sound Mix: Surround, DTS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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