The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (R)

Quicklook Rating★★★½

synopsis

A man is shot and quickly buried in the high desert of west Texas. The body is found and reburied in Van Horn's town cemetery. Pete Perkins, a local ranch foreman kidnaps a Border Patrolman and forces him to disinter the body. With his captive in tow and the body tied to a mule Pete undertakes a dangerous and quixotic journey into Mexico.

MovieGoer Review

Tommy Lee Jones’ stirring and deeply felt Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada proves one thing: Sometimes the most compelling films are the ones closest to the heart.

Story

Three Burials is languid simplicity at its... MORE

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synopsis

A man is shot and quickly buried in the high desert of west Texas. The body is found and reburied in Van Horn's town cemetery. Pete Perkins, a local ranch foreman kidnaps a Border Patrolman and forces him to disinter the body. With his captive in tow and the body tied to a mule Pete undertakes a dangerous and quixotic journey into Mexico.

MovieGoer Review

Tommy Lee Jones’ stirring and deeply felt Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada proves one thing: Sometimes the most compelling films are the ones closest to the heart.

Story

Three Burials is languid simplicity at its... MORE