Gentlemen Broncos

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  • Opened October 30, 2009 
  • 1 hr 29 min
  • PG-13 | some crude humor

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 12+. More on child suitability

  • Benjamin (Michael Angarano), home-schooled by his eccentric mother (Jennifer Coolidge), is a loveable loner whose passion for writing leads him on an offbeat and hilarious journey as his story first gets ripped off by the legendary fantasy novelist, Ronald Chevalier (Jemaine Clement) and then is adapted into a disastrous movie by the small town's most prolific homespun filmmaker. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Michael Angarano, Jennifer Coolidge, Jemaine Clement, Mike White, Sam Rockwell
  • Director: Jared Hess
  • Genres: Comedy

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Steven Rea

Teeming with socially awkward misfits, Gentlemen Broncos is not without its absurdist charms, although Hess (who co-scripted with his wife, Jerusha) pushes the envelope in ways it doesn't need pushing. Read full review

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Chicago Sun-Times
| Roger Ebert

The director, Jared Hess, who made "Napoleon Dynamite," a film I admit I didn't get, has made a film I don't even begin to get. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter
| Frank Scheck

Has little to offer besides unrelenting strangeness. Read full review

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Michael Angarano as Benjamin and Jemaine Clement as Ronald Chevalier in "Gentlemen Broncos."