The Matador (2005)

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Directed by

Richard Shepard

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Pierce Brosnan
Julian Noble

Arlin Miller
Radio DJ

Azucena Medina
Young Denver Fling

Jonah Meyerson
Ten Year Old Boy

Greg Kinnear
Danny Wright

Hope Davis
Carolyn 'Bean' Wright

Adam Scott
Phil Garrison

Portia Dawson
Genevive

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An underrated movie

12 years, 6 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: 16 November 2005

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