Cowboys

Name: Cowboys
Genre: Drama
Released: February 12, 2021
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 66
Cast: AJ Slaght, Ann Dowd, Bob Stephenson, Chris Coy, Gary Farmer

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Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date (Streaming): February 12, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: AJ Slaght, Ann Dowd, Bob Stephenson, Chris Coy, Gary Farmer, Jillian Bell, John Beasley, John Reynolds, Sasha Knight, Steve Zahn

Summary: Troy (Steve Zahn), a troubled but well-intentioned father, has recently separated from his wife Sally (Jillian Bell). Aghast at Sally's refusal to let their trans son Joe (Sasha Knight) live as his authentic self, Troy runs off with Joe into the Montana wilderness. Meanwhile, a police detective (Ann Dowd) pursues them, but her resolve aboutTroy (Steve Zahn), a troubled but well-intentioned father, has recently separated from his wife Sally (Jillian Bell). Aghast at Sally's refusal to let their trans son Joe (Sasha Knight) live as his authentic self, Troy runs off with Joe into the Montana wilderness. Meanwhile, a police detective (Ann Dowd) pursues them, but her resolve about the case is tested the more she learns about Joe's family.… Expand

Director: Anna Kerrigan

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 86 min

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Gary Goldstein

Feb 11, 2021

Despite the film’s compact length, it contains a wealth of tense action, complex emotion, deft observations, vital messaging and gorgeous vistas. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

May 5, 2021

Cowboys is a film that relaxes into its ideas and themes, and the performances from Knight, Zahn and Bell – with Ann Dowd as the cop on Troy’s trail – are all tremendous. Read full review

The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

Feb 11, 2021

Everyone on-screen holds fear in their hearts because they think the complexity of the situation is beyond their means. The question is whether they’re willing to try anyway. Read full review

Thom Ernst

Feb 12, 2021

There is plenty to like about director Anna Kerrigan's film Cowboys. Its (near) family-friendly pitch on transgender issues is refreshing. Its uncluttered presentation is disarmingly frank. Read full review

Teo Bugbee

Feb 11, 2021

The observant nature of this character drama offers Zahn in particular the opportunity to expand into new territory. He hasn’t lost the spaciness that once made him a lovable comedic sidekick, but here fatherhood endows that same charm with pathos, even tragedy. Read full review

Donald Clarke

May 7, 2021

Cowboys nonetheless gets by on goodwill and a passion for compromised Americana. Only a lowdown dirty heel would cuss it out. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Wendy Ide

May 11, 2021

Comic actors Steve Zahn and Jillian Bell are uncharacteristically earnest in this achingly well-intentioned but thuddingly heavy-handed family drama. Read full review

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Mauro_Lanari

Feb 19, 2022

(Mauro Lanari)
The initial impact is deceptive: the "Brokeback Mountain" prequel? It is enough to give "Cowboys" just a few more minutes to change your mind and understand that we are faced with one of the increasingly sporadic cases in which indie cinema is still an added value, a(Mauro Lanari)
The initial impact is deceptive: the "Brokeback Mountain" prequel? It is enough to give "Cowboys" just a few more minutes to change your mind and understand that we are faced with one of the increasingly sporadic cases in which indie cinema is still an added value, a crowd-pleaser movie that the Academy will never reward because it ostracizes this nonconformist type of cinema which instead is decisive to instill credibility and honest delicacy to the moving identity crisis of the 3 belonging to a family unit of a remote community on the border with Canada. Anna Kerrigan does not linger on events and concisely tells a story cleansed of any tinsel and imbued with an irresistible candor.… Expand

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