The Newton Boys (1998)

Directed by

Richard Linklater

Genre

drama film, biographical film, comedy drama, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 201 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a true story about the Newton brothers who robbed banks and trains in Texas. It follows their lives as they pull off heists and deal with the consequences.

lightheartednostalgiceasygoingcharacter-drivenunderstatedwrybreezylow-key

What happens

The Newton Boys is a 1998 American crime film directed by Richard Linklater, who co-wrote the screenplay with Claude Stanush and Clark Lee Walker. It is based on Stanush's 1994 book of the same name, which tells the true story of the Newton Gang, a family of bank and train robbers from Uvalde, Texas. The film stars Matthew McConaughey, who was born in Uvalde, Skeet Ulrich, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Dwight Yoakam. It was filmed throughout Texas including the towns of Bertram, Austin, Bartlett, New Braunfels, and San Antonio. The film was a box office disappointment and received a mixed reception from critics, some noting that the film falls short of Linklater's other work. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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