Entries by JMancuso

Cinema Crazed Review March 7 2007

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http://www.cinema-crazed.com/matador.htm “The Matador” is just really good. ..With great performances, including a scene stealing show stopper from Brosnan, and tight direction, this is a great crisis of conscience tale.

Variety Review by Joe Leydon Jan 23 2005

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http://variety.com/2005/film/reviews/the-matador-2-1200528565/ “Deftly maneuvering through audacious mood swings and tonal shifts, “The Matador” emerges as a quirky yet commercial commingling of black comedy, seriocomic psychodrama, heart-tugging sudser and buddy-movie farce. Propelled by a fearlessly self-mocking perf by Pierce Brosnan as a swaggering vulgarian who’s losing his edge as an international hit man…”

Roger Ebert Review Jan 5 2006

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http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-matador-2006 “I walked into “The Matador” expecting one film, and saw another… Brosnan redefines “hit man” in the best performance of his career (“I facilitate fatalities”), and Kinnear plays with, and against, his image as a regular kinda guy. […]The movie’s writer-director, Richard Shepard, balances the macabre and the sentimental, and understands that although his […]