Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of '63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflict
The approach is dry as the Wyoming landscape, and while it occasionally threatens to pull the film out of shape, it's still the right one for these men.
– Keith Phipps,
AV Club,
8 Mar 2006
fresh:
Like all great love stories, Ang Lee's is one of tragic romance, strongly acted by Heath Ledger as the most buttoned-up of cowboys, and Michelle Williams as his betrayed and enraged wife.
– Stephen Whitty,
Newark Star-Ledger,
13 Jan 2006
fresh:
Ang Lee continues to astonish.
– Stanley Kauffmann,
The New Republic,
9 Jan 2006
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Both [Gyllenhaal and Ledger] embody what that old Waylon and Willie song taught us -- 'Cowboys ain't easy to love, and they're harder to hold.'
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
6 Jan 2006
fresh:
Lee has taken a story of gay love and placed it where it should be -- in the mainstream. He's delivered a beautifully crafted film to boot.