"I Shot A Man In Tesco  Just To Watch Him Die"

Rating: 7/10 (5 December 2007)

Two hours forty is a test of any man's cheek comfort and bladder, but luckily The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford held my attention. (It seems so long ago, but my last review had to be re-written because IMDb found it too short! No problem here. The title alone would earn 10/- on any decent newspaper.)
Let's not go overboard though. This wasn't Billy The Kid, and Robert Ford was no Pat Garrett, but it was nice to see Nick Cave don moustache again in the Bob Dylan/minstrel role.
I found the plot laboured, and family ties about as hard to follow as those in Broadbottom, but pleasantly shot and a performance from Brad Pitt that took me a while to appreciate. I certainly did in the end. This is a wonderful, menacing piece from Brad.
Plot spoiler  he dies in the end.
Ron Plasma Broadbottom, UK
(Viewed 4Dec07)