Beer For My Horses (2008)
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Country music star Toby Keith writes and stars in this road movie comedy inspired by his chart-topping hit of the same name. Beer for My Horses opens to find small-town deputies and longtime buddies Rack (Keith) and Lonnie (Rodney Carrington) quietly enforcing the law in a small Southern town.… More Country music star Toby Keith writes and stars in this road movie comedy inspired by his chart-topping hit of the same name. Beer for My Horses opens to find small-town deputies and longtime buddies Rack (Keith) and Lonnie (Rodney Carrington) quietly enforcing the law in a small Southern town. Things are relatively quiet in their neck of the woods, so when a violent drug lord (Carlos Sanz) kidnaps Rack's girlfriend (Claire Forlani) in response to seeing his brother (Greg Serano) get arrested, Sheriff Landry (Tom Skerrit) implores them to sit tight and let the professionals handle the case. But Rack and Lonnie aren't about to let Rack's girlfriend suffer any harm at the hands of the notoriously vicious kingpin, and after enlisting the aid of taciturn, bow-and-arrow-toting fellow lawman Skunk Tarver (Ted Nugent), the trio sets out to rescue the girl and ensure that justice is served. The CMT Films production is directed by Michael Salomon (A Glimpse of Hell), with Willie Nelson and Barry Corbin filling out the supporting cast. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michael Salomon
- Written By
- Rodney Carrington, Toby Keith
- Genres
- Comedy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Aug 8, 2008 Wide
- Studio
- Roadside Attractions
Critic Reviews
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Joe Leydon, Variety
Even ticketbuyers with a hearty appetite for hayseed humor may be repulsed by the coarse cornpone tomfoolery of Beer for My Horses.
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Neil Pond, American Profile
A hayseed hodgepodge of clichéd plotting, racist stereotyping, vulgar humor, cartoonish acting, clumsy drama and shameless product placement.
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Simon Foster, sbs.com.au
Good lord, even the poster tagline is repugnant - "Vigilante justice - it's a blast!"
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Amy Nicholson, Boxoffice Magazine
Michael Salomon traffics in easy plot points like kidnapped damsels and land-grubbing farm barons (Barry Corbin), paired with casual sexism, copious booze and uncomfortable bigotry.
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Dave Tianen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Like Middle Age Crazy and Ode to Billie Joe, Beer for My Horses belongs in that small but not exactly elite company of movies based on hit country songs.
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Cast
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Toby Keith
as Joe Bill "Rack" Racklin
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Rodney Carrington
as Lonnie
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Claire Forlani
as Annie
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Ted Nugent
as Skunk Tarver
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Willie Nelson
as Charlie
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Barry Corbin
as Buck
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Greg Serano
as Tito Garza
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Tom Skerritt
as Sheriff Landry
- Carlos Sanz
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David Allan Coe
as Gypsy Gene
- Lonnie M. Tillis
- Gina Gershon
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Chris Browning
as Deputy Stippens
- Brit Morgan
