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Format:	DVD	Edition:	Full Screen
Leading Role:	Dylan Baker, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis, Pierce Brosnan	Rating:	R
Director:	Bob Yari	Release Date:	Jul 04, 2006
Genre:	Comedy	UPC:	796019791496
Sub-Genre:	--	Region:	DVD: 1 (US, CA)
Condition:	Like New

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Pierce Brosnan is outstanding as an international hit man falling apart at the seams in Richard Shepard's dark comedy THE MATADOR. Brosnan, riffing on his success playing the very well groomed and genteel James Bond and Remington Steele, stars as Julian Noble, a no-longer-noble hit man who spends his free time getting drunk and chasing impossibly young skirts. In Mexico he meets Danny Wright (Greg Kinnear), an average Joe trying to land an important business deal. Jealous of Danny's simple life, Julian becomes friends with the Denver suburbanite, who married his high school sweetheart, Bean (the very good Hope Davis), but lost his young son in a terrible accident. One day at a bullfight, Julian tells Danny what he does for a living, but Danny doesn't believe him--until Julian shows him an example of his expertise. But when Julian asks Danny to help him with his next assignment, Danny is dead-set against it, and ready to end their brief friendship. Little does he know that he has not seen the last of the rather unique hit man. Writer-director Shepard, whose previous work includes the indie films OXYGEN, MERCY, and THE LINGUINI INCIDENT, shows a deft hand for offbeat comedy in THE MATADOR, a very funny movie with a razor-sharp edge to it. Brosnan and Kinnear make a great duo, the latter the straight man to the former's reckless abandon. Shepard keeps the laughs coming with huge titles announcing the different locations as well as with a brilliant soundtrack featuring songs by Tom Jones and Asia in addition to the Jam, the Killers, and the Cramps--whose "Garbageman" anchors a hysterical scene involving Julian, a can of beer, a pair of Speedos, a hotel lobby, and a shark.
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Producer:	Beau St. Clair, Mark Gordon, Sean Furst
Cast:	Dylan Baker, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis, Philip Baker Hall, Pierce Brosnan

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Edition:	Full Frame Version

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3 stars out of 4 -- "The fakeouts are fun; Greg Kinnear, in the regular-guy role, is a perfect foil....Hope Davis is hilarious..." Premiere - Glenn Kenny (11/01/2005) "Pierce Brosnan gives his best performance yet....It's fast, funny, and intoxicating....It's an almost obscenely entertaining look at two men on the verge of a nervous breakdown." Movieline's Hollywood Life - Stephen Farber (11/01/2005) 3 stars out of 5 -- "Writer-director Richard Shepard gives Brosnan his meatiest role ever, and he digs in with relish." Rolling Stone - Peter Travers (12/15/2005) "[T]he cinematography is consistently hipster handsome, and the script is bracing in its lewdness..." -- Grade: B Entertainment Weekly - Lisa Schwarzbaum (01/20/2006) "The film's main asset is an astoundingly loose and energised performance by Brosnan....There's an undeniable charge to watching someone obviously having so much fun." Sight and Sound - Mark Olsen (02/01/2006) 3 stars out of 5 -- "There's some great, dark-hearted farce in the first hour....Shepard shoots with the freewheeling, laid-back charm of Soderbergh circa OCEAN'S 11..." Uncut - Michael Bonner (03/01/2006) 3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]ts best moments -- basically all scenes between Brosnan and Greg Kinnear -- are achingly enjoyable." Total Film - Ceri Thomas (07/01/2006)

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