The Ballad of Lefty Brown

source: The Ballad of Lefty Brown

It's a crime that a movie like this grossed under $8k at the box office when tripe passes for blockbusters

Seldom ever do a review here. Had to cause I've NEVER thought of Bill Pullman as above average actor. This has to be his best as an actor in his career in my opinion! Kudos to Bill!

The only positive is that it was filmed in Montana although it could have been filmed in a Hollywood back lot set as they there were only a couple of scenes that showed some of the natural beauty to be found there (and they were rather generic). Within the first few minutes the acting came off as over rehearsed/artificial. The dialogue was made up western. The tête-à-têtes between actors seemed stereotypic western; seen thousands of times before to the letter - boring. The main theme of a bumbling Lefty who sets out to revenge a killing in which he is at first accused of was filled with holes in plot and action that left me wondering why he has lived so long. Even more so as those around him suffer from his incompetence. An incompetence that in the real west would not have survived.