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
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.
– Dave Calhoun,
Time Out,
22 Dec 2005
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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
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Ang Lee continues to astonish.
– Stanley Kauffmann,
The New Republic,
9 Jan 2006
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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
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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.