Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
PG | 24 September 1969 (USA)
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In late 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy is the affable, clever and talkative leader of the outlaw Hole in the Wall Gang. His closest companion is the laconic dead-shot Sundance Kid. As the west rapidly becomes civilized, the law finally catches up to Butch, Sundance and their gang. Chased doggedly by a special posse, the two decide to make their way to South America in hopes of evading their pursuers once and for all.

Reviews
Scanialara You won't be disappointed!
Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good
Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
Matho The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.
shakercoola Chief among the criticisms of the film in the past was that it doesn't own up to being a Western. In fairness, by 1969 many films were beginning to cross genre boundaries. It occupies an area between dramatic action and comedy, but not action-comedy. It doesn't excel at either genre but for sheer entertainment and the handsome central performances from two handsome actors, and their great chemistry too, it makes up for any shortcomings. The cinematography is sumptuous with brilliant use of colour and shade to evoke feeling. The locations are magnificent. The editing, however, cause us a problem. The chase by the posse was overlong and the film drops into a ravine by the second act as a result, struggling to recover what it promised. All in all, very watchable stuff.
merelyaninnuendo Butch Cassidy And The Sundance KidThe chemistry between the lead characters is the key to this feature that breeds soft moments in this hardcore western world where everything is fair. George Roy Hill's brilliant execution skills helps this feature sail off to the shore smoothly where a bit more editing would have done no harm. Robert Redford and Paul Newman are convincingly good in their sibling sort of relation and carries it all on their shoulder. Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid being a character driven feature has brilliant performance, execution and character development in it but unfortunately lacks a gripping screenplay that may allow the audience to drift off once in a while.
Bella This movie started out slow but became action-packed before the 30-minute mark. The characters are great and the scenes are amazing. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are bank robbers on the run after robbing multiple trains. They end up being followed by the best of the business and find themselves unable to outrun them. The chase will have you on the edge of your seat.
tim-arnold777 I was like 15 when this movie came out. Movies were really different in the old days. They took way more time developing a story and characters before the climax started to slowly build. Younger generations are accustomed to the fast-paced stories and action of today's screen writing and cannot endure the slower pace of older movies. I agree, they seem to languish and even stagnate at some places, but what younger generations don't have, is the nostalgic connection of where they were and who they were when they fist viewed this movie. This was a coming-of-age movie for me and it represents way more than just celluloid stretches of what many would qualify as adequate or even mediocre acting, effects, locations, music, never before seen supporting characters and actors. It was a piece of my mid to late teens that contains memories of the life and times in which that movie played. The raw emotion and reverie of the late 1960's will forever be inexorably tied to that movie for me. Nostalgia.
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