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In
"Gentlemen Broncos"
Benjamin is a home
school kid. He's
not great socially
like a lot of other
home school kids and
his mom is off-base
with every decision
she makes for him.
Pretty much the kid
has it rough. His
mom loves him but
she's nuts. And she
pretty much dooms
him just with her
personality and the
things she makes him
do. (The best
example is that she
makes him sell night
gowns that she
designs and she
makes him wear a
matching blouse to
hers at a movie
premiere.) Things
aren't exactly
kicking for
Benjamin. His
father died when he
was young and
his mom is all he
has. His mom and his
writing.
When Benjamin
attends a writers
camp and meets his
idol, writer
Ronald Chevalier,
things start to get
interesting.
Chevalier
is desperate for a
story for his
publisher and he
finds Benjamin's
story in a pile of
contest submissions.
He likes what he
reads, changes a few
things up, puts his
name on it and turns
it into his
publisher. When
Benjamin
finds out, he gets
enraged and tries to
figure out a way to
prove to the world
that the story is
his.
"Gentlemen Broncos"
isn't a terrible
movie but it's not a
great movie either.
It's from the
director of Napoleon
Dynamite, Jared Hess
and it has the same
sense of humor. Dry
but ridiculous at
the same time. Real
but too extreme to
real to believe. The
movie is well
written for the most
part but it's just
too awkward to
watch.
There isn't a bad
selection of bonus
features on the
disc. There's a
decent making of
feature that has a
few laughs in it.
There's enough here
that you'll come
back to the DVD for
the movie and the
bonus features.
"Gentlemen Broncos" is
another sordid tale
from Hess
that ranks right up
there with Napoleon
Dynamite. It's not
great, but it's not
terrible either and
it does have an
element of being
able to re-watch
it. Maybe more so
than Napoleon does
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