Rotten
This latest from writer-director Jared Hess is another unsavoury stew of kitsch juvenilia that furthers the rot that set in between his first two films...
David Jenkins, Time Out
Gentlemen Broncos
Oinus, Ainous, Anous, Odious.
2009 · 1h 29m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction
Directed by
Jared Hess
Overview
A teenager attends a fantasy writers' convention where he discovers his idea has been stolen by an established novelist.
Director and cast
- Jared Hess Director
- Michael Angarano as Benjamin
- Sam Rockwell as Bronco / Brutus
- Clive Revill as Cletus
- Jemaine Clement as Ronald Chevalier
- Jennifer Coolidge as Judith
- Héctor Jiménez as Lonnie Donaho
- Mike White as Dusty
- Suzanne May as Vanaya / Venonka
- Halley Feiffer as Tabatha
- Josh Pais as Todd Keefe
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
20%
Tomatometer
Rotten
At one level, it is pretty bad. Then, on the other level, it is downright horrible. Unless you're an entertainment masochist, neither is very much fun.
Randy Cordova, Arizona Republic
Rotten
Don't pay money to see it, don't waste your time if it comes on cable; you might not even want to bother reading the rest of this review.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Rotten
A tedious and unfocused concoction involving science fiction, plagiarism and the nightgown industry.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
Where do you go after rocket-propelled deer statuary, cyclops warriors in golf carts, and Mike White with a dubbed Irish accent?
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
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