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Information
- Year
- 1974
- Runtime
- 95 min.
- Director
- Gordon Parks Jr.
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Western
- Rating *
- 5.8
- Votes *
- 99
- Checks
- 45
- Favs
- 2
- Dislikes
- 1
- Favs/checks
- 4.4% (1:23)
- Favs/dislikes
- 2:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
Owing less to Bonnie & Clyde than it does Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (especally in terms of music and editing), Thomasine & Bushrod is a late-era, revisionist western about a bank robbing couple heading for tragedy, though a substantial part of me wanted a more triumphant ending. Max Julien (The Mack) wrote the Bushrod part for himself, but despite the after-dark name, he's a very chill fellow. Too chill for his own good. It's Vonetta McGee as the fiery, volatile Thomasine who makes the biggest impression - at least, when Glynn Turman doesn't swoop in to steal the show as a Jamaican outlaw - absolutely destroying every scene she's in and deserves her character getting top billing. You'd think the 1911 setting would justify a lot more racism than is habitually shown in blaxploitation films, but the white characters are impressed by these Robin Hoods, and even the villains are unusually restrained in terms of language. That makes T&B a bit of a charmer, and we can forgive its loose, lackadaisical plot. 1 year 12 months ago