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      My West

      PG-13 1998 1 hr. 35 min. Western Drama List
      Reviews 42% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score A vicious outlaw (David Bowie) threatens a reformed gunman (Harvey Keitel) and his estranged son (Leonardo Pieraccioni). Read More Read Less

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      Walt S I found this to be a very enjoyable more recent spaghetti western, with Harvey Keitel and David Bowie to boot. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/19/24 Full Review Audience Member I was with this movie for about the first 35-40 minutes, and wanted to like it. The box cover makes it look like David Bowie is the lead, but the narrator is actually a boy whose father is a white doctor and mother is the daughter of an Native American Chief (I'm not sure how plausible this is, but the film handles it in a matter-of-fact way) . We're introduced to some interesting character moments. Harvey Keitel is also credible as the grandfather with a criminal past. Then the David Bowie bounty hunter shows up for Keitel: I like Bowie - and he seems to be playing this in the way the character was conceived, but after this point, the story didn't feel realistic anymore. He dresses colorfully and has three henchmen/accomplices that seem more subtly suited to a Tarantino film. He kills a character for almost no reason - just to show he's bad -and it feels like something out of TV Tropes. (And we see no funeral or closure for that character by end.) The ending is a little unexpected, but I felt the movie had so much more potential. I wanted the antagonist to be as textured as the family, perhaps see more interaction from the other townspeople and the Native Americans. I didn't expect this to be like a Robert Altman ensemble film, but it set up many interesting characters, and then got pulled into showcasing an eccentric villain. Also, I didn't mind the modern music until the end, when the credits had almost a techno-dance song. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member A gunslinger who left his family 20 years earlier returns to the town where his son works as doctor and peace mediator. His return is most unwelcome, particularly when his long time rival shows up looking for a final gundown. Veronesi attempts an awkward return to the spaghetti western, regardless of the involvement of some big names, like Keitel and Bowie. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member shocking ending to a pretty good movie Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member There's some downright shameful misinformation going on in the marketing of this flick. First of all the title is a real misnomer - there's no revenge in this flick and there are barely any gunslingers. Bowie (despite being smack in the middle of the cover) has about, generously estimating, maybe 8 brief scenes. If there's any main character it's that scrawny pacifist fucker in the background, whose dialogue is dubbed pretty poorly no less. Harvey Keitel, bless him, is an outstanding actor who will be in anything. I say, only see it if you're an obsessive Bowie fan like me (he is quite crazy, equally sexy, and adorably silly with his twangy American accent). Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Awful dubbing on the Italian actors pretty much kills this film. Keitel is good and the story idea is certainly worthy. But the humor and bad acting make it hard to sit through. The parade of western stereotypes aren't especially well handled, either. It looks nice, but that's not nearly enough. David Bowie is awesome as a completely crazy gunslinger and the end has a fun twist. But it's really not enough to make fix the film's deep flaws. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis A vicious outlaw (David Bowie) threatens a reformed gunman (Harvey Keitel) and his estranged son (Leonardo Pieraccioni).
      Director
      Giovanni Veronesi
      Executive Producer
      Mario Cotone
      Screenwriter
      Giovanni Veronesi, Leonardo Pieraccioni
      Production Co
      Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinema, Tiger Cinematografica, Pacific Pictures
      Rating
      PG-13 (Nudity|Western Violence|Some Sexual Content)
      Genre
      Western, Drama
      Original Language
      Italian
      Release Date (Streaming)
      May 10, 2016
      Sound Mix
      Dolby Digital