Friends & Outlaws

Rating: 7/10 (17 December 2010)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is an entertaining amusing comedy of the friendship shared between the two buds. The legendary outlaws and their Hole in the Wall gang,they came toward the end of a long stream of bank and train robbers in the 19th century. Their exploits were perfect for a film that was intended to portray outlaws who mock and defy the law of the land.The film is filled with great scenery shots as well. One interesting aspect of the film was that instead of the over the top violence typical of outlaw films, the screenplay focused on the journey of the bandits, using slapstick comedy, conventional Western action, contemporary music, and funny dialogue to define the past and mock typical western film clichés, in a genera that was dying out.