Synopsis
In 1934, Frank Hamer and Manny Gault, two former Texas Rangers, are commissioned to put an end to the wave of vicious crimes perpetrated by Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, a notorious duo of infamous robbers and cold-blooded killers who nevertheless are worshiped by the public.
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Cast
- Kevin CostnerFrank Hamer
- Woody HarrelsonManny Gault
- Kathy BatesMa Ferguson
- John Carroll LynchLee Simmons
- Thomas MannDeputy Ted Hinton
- Dean DentonDeputy Bob Alcorn
- Kim DickensGladys Hamer
- William SadlerHenry Barrow
- W. Earl BrownIvy Methvin
- David FurrDetective John Quinn
Recommandations
- 70
We Got This Covered
Though The Highwaymen makes sure it tells the right story about Bonnie and Clyde, it doesn’t win the argument that it tells the better one. - 67
IndieWire
There was more to Bonnie and Clyde than 'Bonnie and Clyde,' but The Highwaymen falls short of making the case that the good guys had the better tale. - 60
Variety
Commands attention less as historical counterpoint than as a sturdy showcase for the neatly balanced lead performances of Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson. - 60
Screen Daily
A smoothly executed but decidedly drab crime drama. Checking all the necessary narrative boxes for its target audience and asking little of stars Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson other than to bring their well-established onscreen personas to the characters, the latest from director John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side, Saving Mr. Banks) dabbles in familiar dramatic ironies and rather obvious observations about violence, celebrity and ageing. The Highwaymen never puts a foot wrong, but it fails to elicit much passion or fascination. - 50
RogerEbert.com
What makes The Highwaymen particularly disappointing is that two solid pieces of character work get buried in the filmmaking. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Costner and Harrelson both give fine performances, but when it's time for each to have his one allotted dramatic monologue, you can practically hear the movie clearing its throat: Shut up and listen while the man is speaking, folks. - 50
Rolling Stone
The best thing about The Highwaymen by a long shot is seeing Costner tap back into that Gary Cooper mode he once perfected and add older, wiser touches to it. - 50
The New York Times
This isn’t an especially good movie — it’s too long, too drenched in Thomas Newman’s cloyingly eclectic score, too full of speechifying and self-regard — but it is a coherent one, with the courage of its vengeful, murderous, politically terrifying convictions.
