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The Mexican

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Brad Pitt stars as Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, who has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The second is from his girlfriend Samantha (Julia Roberts) to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures alive and in trouble with Samantha is better than the more permanent alternative, so he heads south of the border.
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Though The Mexican makes a good attempt at originality, its ponderous length makes it wear out its welcome. Also, those looking forward to seeing Roberts and Pitt paired up may end up disappointed, as they are kept apart for most of the movie.

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Christy Lemire Associated Press The Mexican is sporadically entertaining. It works when Gandolfini is on screen; when he leaves, he takes the movie with him. Oct 25, 2018 Full Review David Ansen Newsweek Brad and Julia, of course, look great. Buy the poster; skip the movie. Mar 6, 2018 Full Review Nell Minow Common Sense Media An interesting mess for older teens and up. Rated: 3/5 Dec 28, 2010 Full Review Grant Watson Fiction Machine There is a lot of fun to be had with this film, despite it’s relatively uneven nature. Rated: 6/10 Mar 27, 2024 Full Review Yasser Medina Cinefilia As a dark comedy it has a somewhat appealing visual style, but its journey across the Mexican wasteland becomes downright dull and it falls to the ground like a stray bullet. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 3/10 May 10, 2023 Full Review Mitchell Beaupre Paste Magazine Gene Hackman holds the responsibility of conveying the entire history of a character, the entire core of who this man is, in a single scene. He manages it without breaking a sweat. Rated: 6.5/10 Sep 22, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Blu B After 2 hours I felt like it was just a whole lot of nothing maybe 80% of the time. Especially Pitt's storyline up until he reunites with Roberts & Gandofani. It feels like nothing happens basically and is so meandering in like a Tarintino style way but it's not as good so it just feels so....nothing. Like not even terrible or anything. Everything about this as a whole is just ok middle of the road. Oddly enough the storyline of Roberts with Gandofini is the better of the two and he's the one consistent good thing in this. I honestly wish it would've been a road movie focused on those two most of the time. They have decent chemistry actually compared with Pitt where their just alright. This is a road crime movie mixed with like a Romance kind of like a True Crime sort of but not exactly. The direction is decent and I do like the lighting/color filtering. But there just isn't much going on. Like an hour 20 minutes in nothing much has happened and yet to it's credit it's not terrible just going nowhere and kind of boring at points. The whole gun plot is stupid and it either needed to just focus on refining that story or committing to Roberts. As it is, it doesn't succeed at either and for better ot worse it just leaves close to no impression on you at all. Skip This. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/06/25 Full Review iain c Superb, funny, atmospheric comedy which sees Gandolphini in top form as, what else, a gangster. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/25 Full Review Michael J An incredibly entertaining romp exercising the comedic chops of Pitt, Roberts, and Gandolfini. This is the type of movie that you can watch multiple times without it ever getting old. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/27/24 Full Review Sams K I just love this. Great acting by Brad Pitt, a very good screenplay. One of these days I'm going to watch this again. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/23/24 Full Review Audience Member dont get the low rating. this is a solid romcom Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/17/24 Full Review Audience Member Painful to watch...90 minutes in and I was wishing I was the one getting whacked to put me out of my misery Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/05/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Brad Pitt stars as Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, who has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The second is from his girlfriend Samantha (Julia Roberts) to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures alive and in trouble with Samantha is better than the more permanent alternative, so he heads south of the border.
Director
Gore Verbinski
Producer
Lawrence Bender, John Baldecchi
Screenwriter
J.H. Wyman
Distributor
DreamWorks SKG
Production Co
DreamWorks SKG, Pistolero Productions L.L.C., Newmarket Capital Group
Rating
R (Violence|Language)
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 2, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 15, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA)
$66.8M
Runtime
2h 3m
Sound Mix
Dolby SR, DTS, SDDS, Surround, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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