The Three Burials of Melquiades EstradaOverview and Synopsis

  • The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
  • Opened February 3, 2006 | Runtime:2 hr. 1 min.
  • R
    language, violence and sexuality
  • A ranch hand (Tommy Lee Jones) travels to his best friend's hometown in Mexico to fulfill a promise to bury him there. He also kidnaps and brings on the journey the man (Barry Pepper) who shot and killed him.
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  • Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio Cedillo, Dwight Yoakam, January Jones
  • Director: Tommy Lee Jones
  • Genres: Western, Modern Western

Critic Reviews

  • "Incisive yet supple, wrenching yet deeply pleasurable, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada easily ranks among the year's best pictures." Los Angeles Times

    - Kevin Thomas

  • "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is a deliberately paced, thoughtful meditation on friendship and forgiveness set in an unfriendly and unforgiving landscape." USA Today

    - Claudia Puig

  • "Outstandingly realized on all levels...Behind it all is a tale of redemption, an insistence on the significance of all human life..." Variety

    - Todd McCarthy

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