Brokeback Mountain

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In 1963, rodeo cowboy Jack Twist and ranch hand Ennis Del Mar are hired by rancher Joe Aguirre as sheep herders in Wyoming. One night on Brokeback Mountain, Jack makes a drunken pass at Ennis that is eventually reciprocated. Though Ennis marries his longtime sweetheart, Alma and Jack marries a fellow rodeo riders, the two men keep up their tortured and sporadic affair over the course of 20 years.

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A beautiful, epic Western, Brokeback Mountain's love story is imbued with heartbreaking universality thanks to moving performances by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal.

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David Stratton

The Australian

Ledger and Gyllenhaal deserve nothing but praise for their brave, sensitive portrayals of troubled souls...

Jan 3, 2024

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Namrata Joshi

Outlook

What is remarkable about the film is how it doesn't politicise the hom*osexuality theme, transcends it to become the story of two people in doomed love. The two lead characters are wonderfully delineated.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 10, 2019

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David Ansen

Newsweek

Brokeback Mountain is in no rush. Its emotional impact builds slowly, its rhythms in tune with the countryside--the rugged grandeur of the mountains; the arid, bleak vistas of backwater Western towns.

Jul 6, 2010

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Scott Nye

Battleship Pretension

It remains a rarely-surpassed high-watermark for both Ledger and Gyllenhaal, who were both nominated (it remains Gyllenhaal’s only nod), and who each capture something in their characters and something in themselves as actors that seems a tad elusive.

Aug 1, 2024

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David Opie

Digital Spy

Sure, there are happier gay films out now, ones that involve more queer talent both in front of and behind the camera, but here I am still, clinging onto this masterpiece like Ennis holding onto that damn jacket.

Rated: 5/5

Jun 11, 2024

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Diane Carson

KDHX (St. Louis)

Above all, the performances of Jake Gyllenhall and Heath Ledger lift “Brokeback Mountain” above the ordinary study of male-male friendship and love—repressed, resisted, indulged, debated, and analyzed. It pays dividends in its haunting specificity.

May 29, 2024

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Veer S honestly the best movie of all time when u think about it Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/01/22 Full Review Tia B This is one of those movies that leaves you so unsatisfied, because neither you as the viewer nor the characters get what they want and its haunting. But this feeling of "this cant be it, this cant be the end of them", perfectly relates to the message of the movie. Some people just could never get what they wanted, could never life the live they wanted to live, because socitey wouldnt let them. So they lived a wrong life, a playpretend life, an unsatisfactory life. And this movie beautifully transports the unsatification and the longing, we literally feel with the characters. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/01/24 Full Review Farah R Brokeback Mountain is a film rarely seen in Hollywood today, with its earnest and unbiased portrayal of hom*osexuality. Ang Lee focuses on telling a human story as sincerely and authentically as possible, delivering a heartwrenching drama anchored by Gyllenhaal and Ledger's flawless performances. If only studios would again grant writers and directors the freedom to create such masterpieces. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/14/24 Full Review Connor S A physical place becoming a metaphor is a timeless tradition in cinema, but perhaps never more flawlessly executed than in this film. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/31/24 Full Review Jaidyn R This movie made me depressed for a week in the best way Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/24/24 Full Review Audience Member i might end it all tonight Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/20/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Ang Lee Director Heath Ledger Ennis Del Mar Jake Gyllenhaal Jack Twist Linda Cardellini Cassie Anna Faris Lashawn Malone Anne Hathaway Lureen Newsome

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Brokeback Mountain: Official Clip - Alma's Engagement