"An unconventional love story that doesn't match its hype."-- John Wirt, ADVOCATE (BATON ROUGE, LA)
http://www.2theadvocate.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/2198152.html?movieid=2163387
"If the filmmakers weren't trying so hard to deny the characters' failings, Brokeback Mountain might have lived up to its immense reputation."-- Jeffrey Westhoff, NORTHWEST HERALD (CRYSTAL LAKE, IL)
"Overall, the movie is a solid, entrancing love story, but all the Oscar buzz is nowhere near justified. It's an above-average film overpraised for its social significance."-- Phil Villarreal, ARIZONA DAILY STAR
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/ent_index/110661
"Because 'Brokeback Mountain' has made such a profound impact on so many viewers, I almost feel guilty that I can't rave about it."-- Betty Jo Tucker, REELTALK MOVIE REVIEWS
http://www.reeltalkreviews.com/browse/viewitem.asp?type=review&id=1543
"Brokeback Mountain takes great pains to be a compassionate love story; but the filmmaking itself, self-consciously restrained and desiccated, is inert and inexpressive."-- Stephanie Zacharek, SALON.COM
http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2005/12/09/brokeback/index_np.html
"For all its brave beginnings and real achievements -- its assault on western mythology, its discovery of a subversive sexual honesty in an unexpected locale -- Brokeback Mountain finally fails to fully engage our emotions."-- Richard Schickel, TIME MAGAZINE
http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1132840,00.html
"I was never moved or even overly excited by what I finally witnessed on the screen, though I have no quarrel with the superlatives heaped upon the film by most of my colleagues."-- Andrew Sarris, NEW YORK OBSERVER
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