The Newton Boys

The Newton Boys

1998 · 122 min · EN · PG-13 · 6.0 (154 votes)
Dir. Richard Linklater · Starring Matthew McConaughey, Skeet Ulrich, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dwight Yoakam, Gail Cronauer · Music Edward D. Barnes

History is about to catch up with America's most successful bank robbers.

CrimeActionDrama

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

VIBE

A charmingly anachronistic crime spree flick. It feels like a sun-drenched, sepia-toned memory of outlaw adventure, full of brotherly bonds and audacious heists. A fun, if slightly romanticized, look at a bygone era of crime.

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