Film1998122 min

The Newton Boys

Name: The Newton Boys
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Released: 1998
Duration: 122 min
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Skeet Ulrich, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Gail Cronauer

Taste attributes: actioncrimedramadetectivemafia/gangsterunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelineargrittyemotionally undemandingcomplex relationshipdeep rivalryfighting evil

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"Four Brothers. Four Criminals. For The Money... They Would Stop At Nothing."

Boxlist takeSerious and realistic: a morally murky crime drama, intricate rather than simple. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

Quality rating

6.0 /10

TMDB · 120 votes

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What lines up

Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

Four Newton brothers are a poor farmer family in the 1920s. The oldest of them, Willis, one day realizes that there's no future in the fields and offers his brothers to become a bank robbers. Soon the family agrees. They become very famous robbers, and five years later execute the greatest train robbery in American history.

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