Barry Pepper, Cecilia Suárez, Dwight Yoakam
A man is shot and quickly buried in the high desert of west Texas. The body is found and reburied in Van Horn's town cemetery. Pete Perkins, a local ranch foreman kidnaps a Border Patrolman and forces...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 6, 2006
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Flixster Reviews (1,570)
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September 24, 2009Fantastic film, maybe the best film of 2006. One of the best films of the millennium so far even! A future classic that come highly recommended, a modern western, superior but similar to No country for old Men. Brilliant!
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June 22, 2009A decent story about a man who is wrongly shot and killed and his friend who travels on horseback to Mexico to bury him. The movie starts out interesting and does a good job of intertwining a couple of different characters. As it moves along though, it loses some of it's steam ...( read more)
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January 13, 2009"Promise me one thing, Pete. If I die over here, carry me back to my family and bury me in my home town. I don't want to be buried on this side among all the fucking billboards. "
A powerful and provocative film about redemption, The Three Burials of Melquiades Est...( read more) -
October 29, 2008An excellent film about redemption, revenge and friendship. Jones gives a powerful and understated performance and is well supported, especially by the two female leads. The direction and writing are taught with barely a wasted word or shot. Whilst there are few real surprises th...( read more)
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October 19, 2008Tommy Lee Jones steps up to the plate and takes a big first swing with 'Three Burials.' Thie movie captures the old Peckinpah style of the rugged west , combining it with Guillermo Arriaga's moody and layered script. This is a film that could have took a political mood and dealt ...( read more)
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November 1, 2009Even though the plot takes many many twists that leave the enough dizzy enough to lose interest in it; the film redeems itself just like Barry Corbin when he pleads for forgiveness. He was the real eye-opener in this movie, along with Guillermo Arriaga's tremendous writing. Tommy...( read more)
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October 31, 2009Dirigido pelo Tommy Lee Jones e com roteiro do Guillermo Arriaga, esse filme me lembra um pouco No Country for Old Men, com essa coisa de imigrantes mexicanos. O interessante do filme é que ele mostra a diferença de tratamento entre imigrantes mexicanos nos EUA e imigrantes norte...( read more)
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Critic Reviews
February 9, 2006
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
February 3, 2006
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Jones, directing his first feature, finds the right note in every scene, bringing Arriaga's elegant cipher to life. full review
February 3, 2006
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
As satire, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada isn't funny or illuminating, and as a drama it has only a few scattered moments. full review
February 2, 2006
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada tells the kind of story that John Huston or Sam Peckinpah might have wanted to film. full review
December 16, 2005
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Three Burials is just a cluster of symbols, and what they symbolize is this: a director who has seen too many European art films. full review
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July 15, 2008This page, being in yellow, sucks! It's hard on the eyes and the text is hard to read. Bad judgement on this page is the same bad judgement used in the movie.
Take care all,
William
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June 9, 2006Unpredictable. Original. Unforgettable. Tommy Lee Jones is a great man in movies this time he develope a well told story in the most entertain way. I enjoy this movie a lot.
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