An one-horse town.

Rating: 4/10 (21 December 2005)

The New York Post film critic was dead-on with two of the most overrated movies of 2005, one was "Cinderella Man" (by Ron Howard, the most overrated director in history) and the other was "Brokeback Mountain".
This movie, efficiently shot, acted and maybe even paced, has nothing new to offer other that the romance happens to be between two male cowboys. See over that, and there's nothing really interesting about it. Some of the lines uttered by the actors go from corny to simply laughable ("I wish I could quit you"). Some of parts of the romance defies logic. If you see it, you'll know what I'm talking about.
It's not a terrible movie. It's not even a bad movie. It's just totally overrated. It doesn't deserve the awards it has, in a year of jewels like "A History of Violence" and even Peter Jackson's flawed, but touching and spectacular "King Kong".
If you're looking for a compelling gay romance/drama go to the video store and rent Pedro Almodobar's magnificent "La Mala Educación".