Overrated Classic!

Rating: 5/10 (28 February 2014)

Paul Newman and Robert Redford star as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, two notorious outlaws who strive to maintain power during times of social change, in a film that was extremely successful upon first release in 1969. As the film first opened, I was expected a western masterpiece, as the tensions were strong, the action was exciting, and there was some fun humor throughout, especially in the sequence where Butch and Sundance have to jump off a cliff. But when the characters go to Bolivia, the film starts to go downhill pretty fast. The pacing starts to drag heavily, the tension is poor, the score gets to be painfully annoying, the action sequences become tiresome and repetitive, and the worst part, the final act is weak and extremely disappointing, making me wonder why a film like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is regarded as a classic in the first place. I do give it credit, however, for its great performances from Paul Newman and Robert Redford, its wondrous Oscar winning cinematography, and that awesome song "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head", but other than that, this film is a misfire, in my book.