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  • The Matador (2005)
  • Opened December 30, 2005 | Runtime:1 hr. 37 min.
  • R
    strong sexual content and language
  • A free-wheeling assassin (Pierce Brosnan) realizes he doesn't have any friends. This mid-life crisis compels him to befriend a down-on-his-luck American businessman (Greg Kinnear). Their odd couple relationship is the source of several funny and Read More
  • Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis, Philip Baker Hall
  • Director: Richard Shepard
  • Genres: Suspense/Thriller

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    Really good!

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    I don't remember this film being at the theater... This was a good movie. Pierce Brosnan plays a bad guy pretty well. At the end of the movie I wanted more!

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The Matador (2005) Critic Reviews

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  • 88
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    Pierce Brosnan is the anti-Bond in The Matador. And though he's anything but...

  • 88
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    Brosnan redefines "hit man" in the best performance of his career, and Kinnear...

  • 80
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Thomas

    In The Matador, a delightfully sly diversion, Pierce Brosnan breaks the mold...

  • 75
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    Writer-director Richard Shepard gives Brosnan his meatiest role ever, and he...

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