A stunningly shot and well performed portrait of love across the years.

Rating: 8/10 (4 February 2006)

ANG LEE's Brokeback Mountain (cited constantly as the "gay cowboy movie" by journos, critics and people who haven't seen the film) is a haunting and wind swept story of forbidden love.
The film's protagonists meet and fall in love, but can not be together for various reasons. They happen to be sheep herders / cowboys of the same gender, but could just have easily been a white girl and a black boy in 60's America, or any two married people  a point seemingly missed on the "bible-bashers".
A shoe-in for Best Cinematography and Best Supporting Actor, Brokeback Mountain uses the performances of its two leads and the rugged beauty of its setting to "rope" viewers in and tug at their heart strings like a lasso.
I was not one of those disappointed by Ang Lee's Hulk (where his use of split-screen was refreshing and faithful to its comic source), but this is far superior and close to his "Crouching Tiger" masterpiece.