Goin' South
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Actor: Jack Nicholson, Richard BradfordBrand: PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
Published: 2002-06-01
DVD Release Date: 2002-06-04
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Goin' South
Movie Review: A Fun Western-Comedy
Summary: 5 Stars
"Goin' South" is a Western-Comedy directed and starring Jack Nicholson, in his directorial debut. Nicholson has only directed two films (the other one being the Chinatown sequel, The Two Jakes) and both of them are really good projects. Especially this one. I don't much like Western-Comedies; They all have that same mood and they, usually, play it way too goofy. This movie has its moments of goofiness, but it's actually pretty funny and charming. If Nicholson hadn't played so many memorable characters already (R.P. McMurphy, Jack Torrance, Warren Schmidt, Jake Gittes, etc.) than you could call his Henry Moon one of his most memorable creations. Anyway, Henry Moon is an outlaw. A robber of banks and stealer of horses. When the law finally catches him, he's sentenced to hang. As he's being led to the gallows, he discovers a loophole. If a woman who owns property agrees to marry him, he doesn't have to swing. After an old lady volunteers, but quickly dies, Julia Tate (Mary Steenburgen, in her debut film role) takes Henry under her wing and marries him. She doesn't marry Henry because she couldn't stand the thought of him dying or because she particularly likes him, but because she needs finding gold in the mines on her property. Henry doesn't mind much, but he's disappointed at the lack of affection the wife is showing her husband. Matters are made worse when the railroad evicts her and two boneheaded lawmen (Christopher Lloyd and John Belushi) are always trying to arrest Henry. Also, Henry's former gang (two of the members include Danny DeVito and Veronica Cartwright) wants in on some of the gold he's been discovering. The movie's humor is hit-and-miss, and I'd be lying to you if I said it didn't miss a lot...It does. But the stuff that hits is pretty funny and the movie is well written, entertaining, and charming enough to get a high grade from me. Jack Nicholson and Mary Steenburgen have good chemistry onscreen and Lloyd & Belushi are so goofy, that they're hilarious. The movie isn't perfect, but it's highly enjoyable. Besides, the DVD is cheap and it's worth the money.
GRADE: A-
Summary of Goin' South
A HORSE THIEF ESCAPES HANGING BY MARRYING A PROPER WOMAN WHOEXPECTS HIM TO WORK HER GOLD MINE.Similar DVD Movies
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