Love and a .45

R

Released Nov 23, 1994

1 hr. 41 min.

Action

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71%

7 Reviews

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70%

2,500+ Ratings

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Small-time criminal Watty Watts (Gil Bellows) attempts to rob a convenience store with his drug-addict buddy, Billy Mack Black (Rory Cochrane). The robbery, however, leads to murder, and soon Watty leaves Billy behind and goes on the run with his beloved girlfriend, Starlene (Renée Zellweger). Heading toward Mexico, the fugitive couple gets plenty of media coverage, until there are even more people on their trail. Can Watty and Starlene make it south of the border without getting caught?

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Darkly comedic, weird and well paced. This mid 90's indie thriller is solidly written and acted by all involved, particularly the underrated Gil Bellows. Thoroughly entertaining from start to finish.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/12/23

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Audience Member

Traces of Raising Arizona, pulp fiction, natural born killers and from dusk till dawn (minus the vampires). This could easily be mistaken for a Coen brothers movie, in fact, I totally thought it was. Really good and a totally fun watch. Why C.M. Talkington hasn't written and directed more films is astonishing!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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this is my favorite Renee Zellweger film. it is the type of movie i loved in middle school & still love today maybe more than i did back in 1994 when i first watched it. super irresponsible anti heroes w a kind heart & violent streak when pushed but only in pursuit of a freedom that doesn't exist was a great character to market to the early 90s rebel kid audience. doomed to fail in the long run but fighting the whole way through right to the very end is my version of the outlaw country generation. the *if you're going to die then die good* energy is a great way to view what that culture eventually became which is one that romanticizes a freedom that doesn't exist but they will still fight for it right to the very end no matter how doomed or absurd their version of freedom is. it is tragic & very human.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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I don't know how or why but this movie works. My theory, and it's what I think a lot of 90's movies did right, is they didn't try and outdo or fix the cheesiness of the movies of the 70's and 80's but rather just embraced it.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Rich S

It's from movies like these that few flowers are planted and actually blossom. Renée Zellweger is the flower of "Love and a .45" and she is a wild dandelion performing with a calculated recklessness. She's proof that you can make it to the top after starting at the very bottom.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/02/21

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Audience Member

Great 90's movie. Do yourself a favor, get some beers and have a double bill with this film and True Romance. I was really in love with Renee Zellweger and Patricia Arquette as a young man but now i realize i love hot white trash girls!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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C.M. Talkington

Director

Gil Bellows

Watty Watts

Renée Zellweger

Starlene Cheatham

Rory Cochrane

Billy Mack Black

Jeffrey Combs

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Creepy Cody

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Marc Savlov

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Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 1, 2000

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David Nusair

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Filmmaker Talkington, armed with his own screenplay, has infused Love and a .45 with a relentlessly (and gratingly) off-kilter sensibility that remains a distraction from beginning to end...

Rated: 1/4

Oct 16, 2023

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 3/5

Aug 4, 2005

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Caffeinated Clint

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quite a BANG!

Rated: 3/5

May 6, 2005

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Mark Palermo

The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Rated: 2/5

Jun 17, 2003

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Brian Mckay

eFilmCritic.com

Captures that Texas Rockabilly Highway Outlaw spirit . . . a bit silly and lags in places, but [it] puts the fun back into antisocial and homicidal behavior

Rated: 4/5

Mar 25, 2003

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Synopsis

Small-time criminal Watty Watts (Gil Bellows) attempts to rob a convenience store with his drug-addict buddy, Billy Mack Black (Rory Cochrane). The robbery, however, leads to murder, and soon Watty leaves Billy behind and goes on the run with his beloved girlfriend, Starlene (Renée Zellweger). Heading toward Mexico, the fugitive couple gets plenty of media coverage, until there are even more people on their trail. Can Watty and Starlene make it south of the border without getting caught?

Director: C.M. Talkington
Executive Producer: Mark Amin, Andrew Hersh
Screenwriter: C.M. Talkington
Distributor: Trimark Pictures, Vidmark Entertainment
Production Co: Trimark Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 23, 1994, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 2, 2014
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo, Dolby SR

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