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down in the valley
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The last chance saloon.

It's obviously the year of the cowboy. Now, on the spurs of Brokeback Mountain, comes this intriguing number starring Edward Norton as a cowboy born in the wrong era. Set in the present-day San Fernando Valley, Ed lassooes his way into the heart of way-too-young Evan Rachel Wood, much to the chagrin of her father. However, the great premise and perfectly pitched early scenes soon become a tawdry trot into a dilapidated saloon. Worse, the characters soon stop being charming and become annoying. Sometimes they don't shoot horses fast enough, do they?


Kaleem Aftab 25 May 06 rating of 2
Down In The Valley, on general release 26 May 06.
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