A Truly Great American Love Story

Rating: 9/10 (13 May 2006)

I will admit, I was a little skeptical about seeing this movie. But I wasn't about to pass up the opportunity to see two of my favorite actors. So I went ahead and rented it. At first it was a little... strange. I wasn't sure I was going to make it through the rest of the movie. But I sat and watched it and I fell in love with Jack and Ennis. Their story is so bittersweet, it just pulls you in and wont let you go. They are so beautiful together and they are so utterly miserable without each other that, by the end of the movie, you want them to be together. The world just doesn't seem right if they aren't When the "gay cowboy movie" cliché got to me, I wasn't so sure I wanted to put myself through this movie. But Brokeback Mountain is so much more than just a stereotypical "gay cowboy movie." It really and most truly is a great American love story. And I will stand by this movie until the day I die.