Synopsis
The life of Danny Wright, a salesman forever on the road, veers into dangerous and surreal territory when he wanders into a Mexican bar and meets a mysterious stranger, Julian, who's very likely a hit man. Their meeting sets off a chain of events that will change their lives forever, as Wright is suddenly thrust into a far-from-mundane existence that he takes to surprisingly well … once he gets acclimated to it.
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Cast
- Pierce BrosnanJulian Noble
- Greg KinnearDanny Wright
- Hope DavisCarolyn 'Bean' Wright
- Portia DawsonGenevive
- Adam ScottPhil Garrison
- Israel TellezThe Matador
- Arlin MillerRadio DJ (voice)
- Azucena MedinaYoung Denver Fling
- Jonah MeyersonTen Year Old Boy
- Wiveca BoneraisTen Year Old Boy's Mother
Recommendations
- 88
Premiere
It's a role that essentially demystifies Brosnan's star persona, and in it he is simply sensational, funnier and more persuasively neurotic than even a devoted fan might expect. - 75
ReelViews
There's nothing edgy or groundbreaking about The Matador, but it's funny, touching, and ultimately endearing. - 75
Rolling Stone
Writer-director Richard Shepard gives Brosnan his meatiest role ever, and he digs in with relish. - 70
Chicago Reader
If he'd (Shepard) gone a few notches darker and deeper he might have had a formidable post-cold war thriller. Still, there's much to enjoy in Brosnan's enthusiastic scruffing up of his Bond/Steele image and in Shepard's energetic, if lightweight, direction. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
The Matador gets a 151-proof tequila shot of sharp comedy from the droll byplay between Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear. - 70
Variety
Deftly maneuvering through audacious mood swings and tonal shifts, The Matador emerges as a quirky yet commercial commingling of black comedy, seriocomic psychodrama, heart-tugging sudser and buddy-movie farce. - 70
The A.V. Club
The Matador is brilliantly cast right down to the secondary supporting roles, played by the formidable likes of Dylan Baker and Philip Baker Hall, but it's the leads who really deliver. - 70
Salon
Undeniably clever.
