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The Matador (2005)

6.3	Rating (195 ratings)
6.8	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Richard Shepard

Starring (View all)

Pierce Brosnan

Julian Noble

Arlin Miller

Radio DJ

Azucena Medina

Young Denver Fling

Jonah Meyerson

Ten Year Old Boy

Wiveca Bonerais

Ten Year Old Boy's Mother

Greg Kinnear

Danny Wright

Hope Davis

Carolyn 'Bean' Wright

Adam Scott

Phil Garrison

Written by

Richard Shepard

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An underrated movie

3 years, 4 months ago at Oct 25 9:53

johanlefourbe

Even though this movie is nowadays pretty much forgotten, there was a pretty good buzz around it when it was released so I was really eager to check it out. Eventually, I wasn’t disappointed. Indeed, if you wonder if Pierce Brosnan is a good actor or not, you shouldn't really check his Bond flicks (which are fine, by the way) but you should check this underrated/unknown gem. In my opinion, Brosn... read more

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Release date: 27 January 2006

Comedy (12), Drama (8), Crime (8), 2005 (7), Hitman (7), (3), 2000s (3), Thriller (3), Black Comedy (2), English (1), 05 (1), Dark Comedy (1), (lib) (1), Murder (1), *saipal (1), Jet-set (1), Mexico (1), Unlikely Friendship (1), Germany (1), Ireland (1)

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johanlefourbe posted a review 3 years, 4 months ago

An underrated movie

“Even though this movie is nowadays pretty much forgotten, there was a pretty good buzz around it when it was released so I was really eager to check it out. Eventually, I wasn’t disappointed. Indeed, if you wonder if Pierce Brosnan is a good actor or not, you shouldn't really check his Bond flicks (which are fine, by the way) but you should check this underrated/unknown gem. In my opinion, Brosnan gave here, easily, the best performance of his career, seriously , and he managed to portray a hit-man who is, at the same time, lethal but also a terrible loser. As his sparring partner, you have Greg Kinnear , basically playing the straight man, who gave also a top-notch performance. Together, they basically rocked the house and I thought they were just quite hilarious. Honestly, I have never” read more

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