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  • All The Pretty Horses (2001)
    Review preview for All The Pretty Horses

    The actor Billy Bob Thornton directs with the sensitivity of a cowpoke.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A Forties cowboy goes looking for work in Texas with a pal... but all he finds is love and trouble.
  • Daddy And Them (2001)
    Review preview for Daddy And Them

    Thornton's writing is well-observed, creating characters who, while embodying all the usual white trash traits, have a three-dimensional quality to them.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 3.5 out of 5
    A couple travel to their hometown after their uncle is arrested.
  • Jayne Mansfield's Car (2012)
    Review preview for Jayne Mansfield's Car

    Brought up a notch by a fine cast, some genuinely funny scenes and a curious darker streak that lies beneath the laughs.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    Sixties set drama sees a culture clash between two families.

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