Traveller (1996)
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79% of critics liked it
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40% of users liked it
(1,818 ratings)
Actor Bill Paxton produced this unusual film about a clan of Irish-American con artists practicing in the American South. They live in a secluded compound and have their own time-honored customs. Pat (Mark Wahlberg) is returning to the hideout for the funeral of his father, who irked the clan by… More Actor Bill Paxton produced this unusual film about a clan of Irish-American con artists practicing in the American South. They live in a secluded compound and have their own time-honored customs. Pat (Mark Wahlberg) is returning to the hideout for the funeral of his father, who irked the clan by marrying an outsider. Because his mother is not Irish, the compound's boss, Jack Costello (Luke Askew), tells him that he's no longer welcome there. But Bokky, played by Paxton, takes the younger man under his wing and teaches him the clan's trade. Bokky specializes in cheating homeowners by charging them to apply driveway or roof sealant, then leaving before they discover that it's only black oil. He also buys and resells shoddy mobile homes. Pat soon proves more nervy and creative than his boss. They try to scam a bartender, Jean (Julianna Margulies), but Bokky falls in love with her. Jean needs cash to pay for an operation for her hearing-impaired daughter, so Bokky finally agrees to work for a cowboy con artist named Double D (James Gammon), who has been trying to recruit him for a big job in Nashville. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jack N. Green
- Written By
- Jim McGlynn
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Apr 18, 1997 Wide
- Studio
- Evergreen
Critic Reviews
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Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
This fresh and interesting story about a tight-knit clan of Irish grifters in the rural South who make their living scamming is a ''con men on the road'' picture all the more welcome during a season of junky action thrillers...
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Emanuel Levy, Variety
Eastwood's longtime lenser Jack Green makes a decent feature debut with a well-acted comedy-adventure that in its good moments recalls such classics as The Sting and The Grifters.
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Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Though competently directed by Clint Eastwood's camerman Jack Green, matters unravel when the film ratchets up the tension and become entirely implausible at the close.
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Richard Harrington, Washington Post
This is a film about people who get by depending on antisocial skills and outlaw wit, and Green and writer Jim McGlynn clearly empathize with their independent spirit and lifestyle, even if they don't completely approve.
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Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
The film is just there on screen, better than watching a clock, better than contemplating mortality, an OK experience. There are movies like this. No sense in pretending otherwise.
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Cast
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Bill Paxton
as Bokky Sherlock
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Mark Wahlberg
as Pat O'Hara
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Julianna Margulies
as Jean Gentry
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James Gammon
as Double D
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Luke Askew
as Boss Jack Costello
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Nikki Deloach
as Kate
- Jean Howard
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Michael Shaner
as Lip
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Danielle Wiener
as Shane
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Robert Peters
as Farmer's Son
