BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Married Baby Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

non_sportcardandy Robert Duvall is a top of the line actor and close to being a favorite if I had one. He seems to enjoy character parts and was really good in the Hemingway movie.This movie I didn't really want to watch figuring it was predictable -good old boy goes to Mexico and raises hell. It was that and then some. Many years ago while in El Paso I use to cross over into Zaragosa by myself to roam the dark haunts always feeling it was best to keep a low profile,this movie goes against my personal beliefs. The voice of Duvall's character in this movie can also be heard in the movie Geronimo.In that movie his character was from Arizona and I couldn't help to remember him while watching a night in old Mexico. His character in the Geronimo movie had a famous line...A Texan is about the lowest form of white man there is . Seems unusual he ended up playing one.

mspieway As much as I'd like to praise this movie, I just can't, not even for Duvall. Old cranky rancher, city boy grandson, goodhearted Mexican 'singer', nasty big-shots...hasn't this storyline been done better before, with much grander scenery too? And if I had to hear Duvall mutter 'yeah' one more time, I'd cry. I should have kept count.I wish I knew why I wasted the time it took to watch this till the end. Surely it was not to see a decrepit old coot ride off with his senorita, while yelling 'sugar cookie' out the car window.Save yourself the bother.

ibgp3 I've known people like the good guys in this movie (including the Duvall character) This was about my friends out acting crazy...and they do. I understand that it was not believable to strangers; but if you let Duvall show you someone you never met, he does it well.Irvine is criticized for not holding his own with Duvall. Get real!! A New York raised college-boy and the Duvall character would take a long time getting acquainted. The day and night in the movie might be enough. What would not be believable would be if the grandson started out on an even footing.I usually judge a movie by what stayed with me to the next day. Sometimes the next morning I have to try to remember what the movie was. "A Night in Old Mexico" was not forgotten. Every character is sharp and clear and real. All of the locations are real to me. If you have met someone like Red, (Duvall's character), and spent a night or two being wild and crazy in a Mexican border town; then it is easy to watch. The cast and crew all met someone like Red, (Duvall), and they were all in a border town. Maybe the fault in the movie is that it doesn't bring outsiders in. If you haven't been there and met him you don't see the reality. Too bad for you.

Red-Barracuda The story begins with an old Texan having to leave the ranch he has lived in his whole life, at the same moment he is suddenly introduced to a grandson he has never met before. They go off on a jaunt to Mexico where they end up hooking up with another lost soul, a singing stripper. Complicating matters considerably is the fact that they have inadvertently come into possession of a bag containing $150,000 - some violent criminals pursue them for this.The chief draw of A Night in Old Mexico is the presence of veteran actor Robert Duvall. He certainly shows here that he still remains a very capable actor. It's a pity then that this film doesn't have a stronger storyline for Duvall to work off. It's effectively an odd couple movie, with a crime strand underpinning it. The first part works to a certain extent – Duvall's acting is good and the dialogue is often well written – but the dynamics between the three characters often seem a little forced, in particular it's quite hard really believing in the motivations of the Latina stripper character. The crime story, while fairly generic, does offer some potential excitement but it doesn't necessarily play out in such a way as to actually provide too much. Perhaps this is a good thing in some respects as it means that the film is maybe taking a different course to what you might typically expect. Whatever the case, the criminals operate in the background of the story and bump one and other off and they never really seem to pose that much of a threat to our heroes, which does dissipate the potential tension this could have created.The location used by the story was pretty interesting though. The story takes place during the Mexican Day of the Dead holiday celebration. The purpose of which is to gather people together to pray for and remember friends and family who have died. This of course parallels the storyline of the film itself really well. Not only this but the strange skull-like masks worn by the townspeople as part of this celebration make for a somewhat memorable backdrop to proceedings, giving the film a nice distinctive feeling in this area. It's the specifically Mexican flavours that for the most part offer the best things about this flick.