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Directed by
Ang Lee Written by
Larry McMurtry, E. Annie Proulx Cast
Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Randy Quaid, Valerie Planche, David Trimble [more]
Release Date
• USA: Dec 16, 2005
• UK: 23 Dec 2005
Budget USD 14,000,000
BoxOffice: $83.0M
Official Website:
Brokeback Mountain Website
MPAA Rating
Rated R for sexuality, nudity, language and some violence.
Running Time
2 hours, 10 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies
Alberta Film Entertainment, Focus Features, Good Machine, Paramount Pictures, River Road Entertainment
Studio Focus Features
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• Brokeback Mountain (2005)
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Brokeback Mountain Reviews |
Brokeback Mountain is a love story that will evoke your compassion as you confront the deep ache of separation at the center of the story. It is also a cry for justice and acceptance of these lovers forced to keep secret an essential element of who they are through the long and lonely years. [read review]
All Ang Lee has really done with his superbly-acted, beautiful looking drama is bring life to Eric Cartman’s assertion that all arthouse films are nothing but gay cowboys sitting around eating pudding. I guess equality does come when not just the stronger aspects of film can be shared by all sexes, race and orientation but also the weaker ones. [read review] 
--Erik Childress (eFilmCritic.com)
Although I found "Brokeback Mountain" to be slow and monotonous, it cannot be denied that it is elegantly made and terrifically acted. I suspect that it will be rewarded come Oscar nomination time. But I wonder what might have been had the right risks been taken. [read review]
Brokeback Mountain is a brave film, not only for its unflinching look at a deeply emotional homosexual relationship, but for its quiet and deep reserve. It is as taciturn as its characters, and this reticence makes it stand out among films that confuse noise with conflict. [read review] 
--Annie Gilbert (Tailslate.net)
So for those living with thick gauze over their eyes and ears, a movie that shows two masculine men kissing, loving, and embracing, may seem controversial. But for the rest of us it is more of an “about time” scenario, and we are glad that one of the fist big Hollywood pictures to treat homosexuality frankly and sophisticatedly is also one of the best of the year. [read review] 
--Paul Bryant (eFilmCritic.com)
"Brokeback Mountain" could tell its story and not necessarily be a great movie. It could be a melodrama. It could be a "gay cowboy movie." But the filmmakers have focused so intently and with such feeling on Jack and Ennis that the movie is as observant as work by Bergman. [read review]
--Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
The film is based on a short story by Annie Proulx, and has been adapted for the screen by Diana Ossana and Lonesome Dove's Larry McMurtry. Brokeback Mountain isn't for everyone, but for those who are not bothered by the homosexual relationship, it offers a study in yearning, love, and loss. [read review] 
--James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
Not once did I glance at my watch during “Brokeback Mountain,” a true sign the movie never yanked me out of its world. I didn’t even realize how much I loved this film until a few days after I saw the screening. Then it suddenly dawned on me just how much this film stuck with me. Give “Brokeback Mountain” a chance. It’ll sneak up on you. It did me. [read review] A
--Rebecca Murray (About.com)
It's Ledger's Ennis who ultimately overcomes the pall of self-importance and sanctimony that hangs over so much of "Brokeback Mountain." In the film's wrenching final scenes, he provides what has been needed all along, an immediate, shattering sense of sadness and longing and loss. It's as if the movie has finally shifted its focus from the mountain to the man. [read review]
--Ann Hornaday (Washington Post)
Audiences will be torn when they reach the theater. Anyone who understands the force of love and how it bears upon our lives will recognize and relate to the film. Those who can accept and embrace that love doesn't require a man and a woman will be able to see "Brokeback Mountain" as a testament to the indomitable power of love. [read review]
There's nobody in it who isn't good; you'd have to simply list the whole cast. Suffice it to say that Jake Gyllenhaal, who's had quite a good year in movies himself, is just right for the other main role: he has the sweetness, the strength, and the sincerity to balance Ledger's sad aching self repression. [read review]
--Chris Knipp (CineScene)
Some will find hope in the final scene of Brokeback Mountain for at least one of the characters, but the final shot leaves him exactly where he has spent the majority of his life—hopelessly stuck in the past, longing for a peace that has more than likelypassed him by years and years ago. [read review]
I had a couple of small issues with it, but the breathtaking scenery and music, and the incredible performance of Heath Ledger more than made up for the small flaws. This is not a movie that everyone will appreciate, but it is certainly one for the ages. [read review]
Like all great films, this one finds universal themes in an unusual and specific story. Anyone who has been in love will see himself or herself in Jack or Ennis. Their story has many of the conventions of a typical troubled-relationship movie, translatedinto the language of two cowboys who are at a loss to explain what has happened to them. [read review] A
--Eric D. Snider (EricDSnider.com)
But is America ready for this today? When the lovers are Romeo and Juliet, forbidden love is easily identified and accepted. It may take many more decades before the country can see Ennis and Jack in a similar light, and when that time arrives, BrokebackMountain will be recognized for the brave stand that it made in narrower times. [read review] 10/10
--Jeffrey Chen (WindowToMovies.com)
Brokeback Mountain does something that many movies have attempted in the past. It takes a common theme, in this case a love story between two people who must overcome some seemingly insurmountable obstacle to be together, and puts a new spin on it. [read review] A
--Steve Moreau (TheCinemaSource)
I can’t tell if this film is gaining so much recognition and attention because of its actual substance or because of what it represents. While I commend its progressive intent, the film doesn’t explore much beyond the surface of these characters. [read review]
Of course, the movie would not work at all if the two lead actors didn't deliver the goods. Gyllenhaal finds the reckless core in Jack, who cruises alleys and bars in Mexico when Ennis rejects his offer to settle down and run his father's ranch. [read review]
--Peter Travers (Rolling Stone)
Brokeback Mountain is quite a good film, and obviously gays are probably going to have a stronger reaction to it than straight people are. I’m straight, and I have no problem admitting that this is the second best film I’ve seen this year. [read review] B
--Lee Tistaert (Lee's Movie Info)
The film is about long-term connection between humans, in ways most mainstream Hollywood productions have long since abandoned. “Brokeback Mountain” is an intimate story of affection, but it decimates the heart with passion and clarity. [read review]
--Brian Orndorf (eFilmCritic.com)
Brokeback Mountain will undoubtedly appeal to gay men eager to see themselves depicted in a positive manner onscreen (a rarity, even with two other gay-themed films released in the last month, e.g., Rent, The Dying Gaul)... [read review]
--Mel Valentin (Movie-Vault.com)
Human beings have a deep need to love and to be loved in return. "Brokeback Mountain" celebrates that need without making any moral judgments. One line in the film sums it all up: "If you can't fix it, you gotta stand it." [read review]
--Paul Clinton (CNN Showbiz)
I think the films are of a piece, stories of forbidden love, repressed frustrations and complicated people coming to terms with their identities. Don't let that comparison or "South Park" associations deter you, though. [read review]
But that takes nothing away from the perfectly calibrated performances, particularly that of Ledger, whose portrait of beleaguered masculinity will help you remember that John Wayne’s real first name was Marion. [read review]
It’s possible to point to some weak spots in Brokeback – its seeming multiple endings, the lack of clarity about certain images, some digressions – but there is no movie this year that has moved my heart more. [read review]
--Marjorie Baumgarten (Austin Chronicle)
Though chronologically disparate, these pieces fit together nicely through the writers’ choices, highlighting moments that reveal the growth not only of the love affair, but of the characters themselves. [read review]
--David Thomas (FilmCritic.com)
A number of mainstream people are certain to condemn Brokeback Mountain without even seeing it, but that's alright. They would miss the deeper layers that take place beyond that first kiss anyway. [read review] 
The film isn't perfect: Lee's penchant for the beautiful, "meaningful" big sky shot is indulged too often, resulting in a longer than necessary product (134 min.). And the makeup is abysmal. [read review]
"Brokeback Mountain" could not have succeeded without it. Ennis' pain, his rage, his sense of longing and loss are real for the actor, and that makes them unforgettable for everyone else. [read review]
The incessant tag of the gay Western offends; groundbreaking is more like it. Nuanced sentiment and genuine affection brand this as one of the most memorable films of the year. [read review]
Although they both resist packing fudge, the urge gets the best of them, dominates and ruins their lives, turning them and us into sentimental, blubbering goobers. [read review] -1
This is a noble experiment, but one which has failed. Too bad. I thought “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” was a timeless classic and expected more. [read review] 
Mountain is also one of the best films I’ve seen this year. Don’t be a dick and skip it just because you’re freaked out by watching two men kiss. [read review]
The subject is repression, the mood melancholy and the emotional impact devastating, but there’s hot blood pumping through its veins and loins. [read review] A-
It's a film for its time that takes the mainstream movie-goers into territory they haven't ventured before and gives them a real love story. [read review]
The film has its flaws, but maybe it deserves attention simply for approaching such a potentially explosive topic with determined openness. [read review]
For a love story, Ang Lee’s “Brokeback Mountain,” the much-anticipated “gay cowboy movie,” provides us with a lot of people to hate. [read review]
--James Verniere (BostonHerald.com)
It works well enough that you wish it would work perfectly instead of gradually getting gummed up with melodrama. This [read review]
--Kyle Smith (New York Post)
Brokeback Mountain is beautifully shot and well acted, but the plot takes far to long to get to where it wants to go. [read review]
--Patrick Nash (TheMovieBuffs.com)
While his wish may be granted, it would be shame for “Brokeback” not to get the attention it sincerely deserves. [read review] 
“Brokeback Mountain” is an intimate story of affection, but it decimates the heart with passion and clarity. [read review]
--Brian Orndorf (FilmJerk.com)
Ang Lee takes the western and romance genres into uncharted territory with Brokeback Mountain. [read review]
--Julian Roman (MovieWeb)
No question about it—“Brokeback Mountain” is one of the finest, most meaningful films of 2005. [read review]
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