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Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Wily, sad, funny, and full of life. ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Sun Newspapers of Cleveland Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
Finally arriving here Friday, this legitimate western masterpiece from first-time feature director Tommy Lee Jones recalls treasures mined from John Huston's Sierra Madre to the sprawling landscapes of John Ford to the most macabre moments of Sam ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)
Incisive yet supple, wrenching yet deeply pleasurable, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada easily ranks among the year's best pictures. ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for LA Weekly (Scott Foundas)LA Weekly (Scott Foundas)
Making an altogether impressive big-screen directing debut, Jones exudes quiet control over this full-bodied Western, taking pleasure in his measured pacing, mixing somber authority with flashes of surrealist wit and luxuriating in the magnificent, ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at LA Weekly (Scott Foundas)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Premiere (Peter Debruge)Premiere (Peter Debruge)
Three Burials is beautiful, authentic and brutally observant of human nature. With real Tex-Mex backdrops instead of the usual Monument Valley vistas and characters too complex to withstand simple white-hat/black-hat reductionism, Three Burials is a ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Premiere (Peter Debruge)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
In an era when hundreds of lives are casually destroyed in action movies, here is an entire film in which one life is honored, and one death is avenged. ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
All this edginess, combined with the grandeur and sweep of a classic western, demonstrates that Jones clearly knows how to tell a story -- and how to confound us at the same time. ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Wily, sad, funny, and full of life. ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Empire (Rob Frazer)Empire (Rob Frazer)
Grizzled Texan Tommy Lee Jones has made an exceptionally moving, surprisingly funny, often beautiful film, packed with unforgettable moments and note-perfect performances. ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Empire (Rob Frazer)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Christianity Today (Josh Hurst)Christianity Today (Josh Hurst)
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is a spiritual exploration so profound and complex that it's impossible to take it all in with one viewing. ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Christianity Today (Josh Hurst)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine (--)Empire Magazine (--)
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Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Detroit News (Tom Long)Detroit News (Tom Long)
Funny, tough, filled with cut-to-the-bone moments and bleached in the heat of the Texas sun, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is a movie that sears itself into the viewer with uncompromising vision and stark approach. ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Detroit News (Tom Long)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Bob Longino)Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Bob Longino)
Tommy Lee Jones' big-screen directorial debut might not be the easiest film to watch, but its payoff makes it one of the better trips to the movies of the past year. ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Bob Longino)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Jones gives himself the plum role, not out of vanity but to do justice to Arriaga's story. ... The only actor capable of playing a man like Perkins is Tommy Lee Jones. ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Looking Closer (Jeffrey Overstreet)Looking Closer (Jeffrey Overstreet)
It's a scorching journey alongside stubborn fools like us as they stumble awkwardly toward grace, or run headlong in the other direction until the wages of sin catch up with them. ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Looking Closer (Jeffrey Overstreet)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Cinema Signals by The Filmiliar CineasteCinema Signals by The Filmiliar Cineaste
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Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The Movie ChicksThe Movie Chicks
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Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle Post-Intelligencer
Tommy Lee Jones steps behind the camera to direct himself in the most impressive directorial debut the American cinema has seen in some time, a contemporary western both rough and poetic, laconic and passionate. ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Matt McKillop)filmcritic.com (Matt McKillop)
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Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine [UK]Empire Magazine [UK]
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Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)
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Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine [UK]Empire Magazine [UK]
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Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
"The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada" tells the kind of story that John Huston or Sam Peckinpah might have wanted to film. It begins with a bedrock of loyalty and honor between men, and mixes it with a little madness. In an era when hundreds of lives ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.76 out of 4 stars for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Philip Martin)Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Philip Martin)
...a smart and beautiful movie that touches on the nature of borders, actual and mythic. ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Philip Martin)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Las Vegas Review-Journal (Carol Cling)Las Vegas Review-Journal (Carol Cling)
The strange odyssey that ... forms the heart of the movie covers emotional terrain as stark yet as varied as the borderlands themselves. ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Las Vegas Review-Journal (Carol Cling)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for zBoneman Movie Reviews (Kevin Jones & Adam Mast)zBoneman Movie Reviews (Kevin Jones & Adam Mast)
Unlike a typical western, with the attendant macho grandstanding along with high body counts, Jones offers a pared down morality play with generous nods to Sam Peckinpah. ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at zBoneman Movie Reviews (Kevin Jones & Adam Mast)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
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Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
A stiff shows up with gruesome repetition in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, and some will be surprised to learn that it isn't Tommy Lee Jones' former college roommate, Al Gore. ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
Fascinating road-and-buddy adventure story on the Tex-Mex border. ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
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Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
There are complications, extremely cleverly worked out. Jones is in just about every scene in this taut, provocative film. ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Variety (Todd McCarthy)Variety (Todd McCarthy)
Outstandingly realized on all levels. ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Variety (Todd McCarthy)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Supercala.com (John Venable)Supercala.com (John Venable)
A simple, rugged tale about friendship, loyalty, keeping your word, and the importance of human life. It's also a must see. ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Supercala.com (John Venable)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for CHUD (Devin Faraci)CHUD (Devin Faraci)
What does a masterpiece look like? Like The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada , one of the best movies of the decade so far. ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at CHUD (Devin Faraci)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.56 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
Don't let the near-impossible-to-remember title keep you away from this singular and slightly surreal Tommy Lee Jones scorcher. ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Jones' film actually takes you somewhere you haven't visited in a million other movies. It has a wonderful sense of place, and space, and carries the bite and tang of a good short story. ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Sam Peckinpah lives! The rampaging spirit of the late filmmaker, known as Bloody Sam for films such as "The Wild Bunch" and "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia," is all over this blistering modern Western from first-time director Tommy Lee Jones. ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Ty Burr)Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
Tommy Lee Jones makes his feature directing debut here, and the film is as weathered, subtle, and sympathetic as the actor's own face. ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for DVD Talk (Phil Bacharach)DVD Talk (Phil Bacharach)
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Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)
Three Burials still reaches the kind of pungency it seems to be seeking, and it touches on issues of alienation and distance very relevant to the reality of countless migrants. ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin)Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin)
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Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Boston GlobeBoston Globe
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Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
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Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Raging Bull Movie Reviews (Mike Lorefice)Raging Bull Movie Reviews (Mike Lorefice)
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Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)
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Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
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Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Reel.comReel.com
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Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
A revenge Western that will do Peckinpah and Eastwood proud, this is a morality tale with political overtones about the culture clash between white Americans and Mexicans ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Steve RhodesSteve Rhodes
THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA, directed by and starring Tommy Lee Jones, is a strange, unusual and always compelling tale set in Van Horn, Texas near the border with Mexico. If you've seen and loved John Sayles's LONE STAR, you will not want to ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Steve Rhodes
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for The Independent (Anthony Quinn)The Independent (Anthony Quinn)
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Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for movies.com (Dave White)movies.com (Dave White)
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Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
A wry and sometimes alarming contemporary Western. ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Oregonian (Shawn Levy)Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
[The film] echoes in its weary bones end-of-the-West films by the likes of Sam Peckinpah, John Ford and Clint Eastwood. ...read the complete Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada movie review at Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
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totally awesome. (www.amazon.com)
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by JohnC el Canadien... on June 11, 2009
just got this and looked at it - was enthralled by the cultural crossplay depicted and the realism of the story. Most of the performances were impeccable - even the mall rat wife of the INS agent portrayed by Barry Pepper is acted down to a ...
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Fine Character Study/Road Movie (www.amazon.com)
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by R. Gawlitta on March 28, 2009
This ambitious directorial effort from the talented Tommy Lee Jones is loaded with heart and substance. I enjoyed it a lot. Aside from the fine direction and some stunning cinematography, the cast is letter perfect. Mr. Jones himself centers the ...
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A hidden gem (www.amazon.com)
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by D. Henry on March 20, 2009
Watched a portion of this movie on cable, and immediately sought out the DVD for purchase. I am not one to buy DVDs these days, especially with the efficiency in time and money of renting them, however with this movie I made the exception. ...
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A friend indeed... (www.amazon.com)
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by M. S. Skidmore on February 02, 2009
Tommy Lee Jones' sophomore effort (following his directorial debut THE GOOD OLD BOYS) is a wonderful movie of both beauty and complexity. Here we have a movie that works on so many different levels to deliver one of the finest american films in many a ...
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The Three Burials Of Malquiades Estrada purchase (www.amazon.com)
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by Jesse V. Lujan on October 30, 2008
Mr. Boyce, Thank you for the DVD. It came alot sooner then I expected and it was in "mint condition". May God continue to bless all of you. Jesse ...
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The meaning of human dignity and moral conviction (www.amazon.com)
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by Reader "cvrcak1" on October 27, 2008
Tommy Lee Jones gives an amazing performance in this film portraying worn out ranch hand with no family or significant human relationship who befrends illegal Mexican immigrant. They work in town close to Mexico - US border and occasionally have tender ...
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Riding righting wrongs (www.amazon.com)
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by OverTheMoon on May 17, 2008
This is a modern western drama well worth watching for its spirited take on friendship in the face of racism with an ethics lesson focused on atonement and redemption. A border patrol guard with a penchant for violence accidentally shoots a Mexican ...
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three buriels of some mexican (www.amazon.com)
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by Sara M. Magallane... on April 06, 2008
excellent movie couldnt get glue off dvd case from security stickers worst case I've ever seen thinking of trying paint thinner to remove it. ...
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2 thumbs up (www.amazon.com)
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by J. D. Pickering "... on February 15, 2008
I stumbled upon this movie and saw pieces of it until I became fixated by it and had to buy a copy for myself and to share. Tommy Lee Jones grew up in SanSaba Texas and his grand father had a construction company near the border. TLJ may or may not be ...
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Loving Dwight In This Movie (www.amazon.com)
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by Roses on January 08, 2008
Dwight is seen alot in this movie I love seeing him in every part of this movie It is a must have movie for any Dwight Yoakam ...
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