Pocket Money

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Blu B It's the most easy going subpar western comedy you'll ever see. I like the idea of a neo western comedy. But on top of the myraid of problems this has, the biggest one is that this commits the ultimate sin a comedy can. It's not funny...not even in the slightest. None of the humor is terrible it's just very flat the entire time. The acting also for such a powerhouse duo is just....ok. You'd think seeing these two which was the main draw would be electric. But man it feels like just watching two people standing at a bus stop or someone next to you in the checkout line in WalMart your just making small talk about the weather with. It's just feels so casual and nothing the entire time. And the dialouge isn't snappy at all and feels very meandering. Everything else about this is subpar too. The direction is super basic and the location isn't memorable at all. The music also goes is a strange combo of 70's pop and comedic old ragtime music which doens't work together at all. It's so weird. And yet if there is one thing about this I will give credit too, it's that it isn't incoherent. It makes perfect sense and it doesn't feel like stuff just happens. But it's VERY meandering and I think it's because of how easy going this feels. It's feels like it makes sense but it has no point and I think that's because it's trying to be funny but it comes off as meandering and easy going. It's such a weird combo. It doesn't really have much smart to say. I think it's trying to show the struggles that farmers have to go through but it takes forever to get to the point. Skip This. Really dissappointing but not the worst thing ever and I guess it could have been a lot worse. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 12/30/24 Full Review Chip N It's hilarious. I read the book it's based on, and the movie captures the spirit, look and ambience of the people and the Arizona/ Mexico borderlands Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/25/24 Full Review Steve D Passable only for Newman. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/19/23 Full Review delysid d some mild mannered folks might like this movie but i was bored by it, who cares about 2 dudes buying a bunch of cows Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 04/22/19 Full Review Audience Member Pocket Money is a remarkable, wonderful film. I cable-TV ran across it several years ago and watched it two or three times - and loved it -- before it seemed to vanish into the mists of time. Recently doing a web search trying to find a copy, I ran across the RT mention. Much to my surprise RT listed the script as being written by Terrence Malick, who has made several of my most favorite pictures. The dialogue - the chemistry - between Newman and Marvin is deliciously clever, and the overall TexMex texture of the movie is thick and rich, and rings entirely authentic. This is not a movie for clods; rather, one for appreciators of nuanced, genuine art. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Forget the uncomprehending raters and take the time to gather in and appreciate one of the best of those special films that made the 70s such a classic era for American cinema: cynical, real world with real men, outstandingly written and acted with a slice-of-life narrative unlike any other you have seen. It takes you on a ground level journey through the lives of the tread-upon, dispossessed, deluded and proudly unbowed. It is hopeful and life affirming, and features a superb script from Terence Malick. This is the sort of movie you have to provide the interstitial scaffolding for out of your own empathy, patience and imagination. For those who haven't got those inner resources, it's bewildering. For the rest of us, its as fun as a great book or a unexpectedly charming bar companion spinning endless yarns into the night. This is a film that separates the men from the boys. If you don't get it, then you aren't one of us. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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