Rotten
The movie simply never comes together and works as a whole. The material is terribly thin.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Junior Bonner
Steve McQueen going down his own road, tougher than ever, as "Junior Bonner"
1972 · 1h 40m · PG
Drama, Western
Directed by
Sam Peckinpah
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Junior Bonner
Overview
With his bronco-busting career on its last legs, Junior Bonner heads to his hometown to try his luck in the annual rodeo. But his fond childhood memories are shattered when he finds his family torn apart by his greedy brother and hard-drinking father.
Director and cast
- Sam Peckinpah Director
- Steve McQueen as Junior Bonner
- Robert Preston as Ace Bonner
- Ida Lupino as Elvira Bonner
- Ben Johnson as Buck Roan
- Joe Don Baker as Curly Bonner
- Barbara Leigh as Charmagne
- Mary McDonagh Murphy as Ruth Bonner
- Mary Murphy as Ruth Bonner
- Bill McKinney as Red Terwiliger
- Dub Taylor as Del
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
92%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Junior Bonner, based on an excellent original screenplay by Jeb Rosebrook, is Peckinpah in the benignly comic mood that, I suspect, is much more the natural fashion of this fine director than is the gross, intellectualized mayhem.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Fresh
Junior Bonner may be the least Peckinpah-like in content, but it's very much like his other work in spirit.
Keith Phipps, AV Club
Fresh
A film filled to overflowing with small, subtle beauties.
Don Druker, Chicago Reader
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