I really like this film, I thought it was really comical most of the time and really just used the stupid cowboy approach to their advantage. The film is about these two dumb cowboys Frank and Loyd who spend most of their time drinking, flirting with women (even though Frank is married to Paulette) and thinking of get rich quick schemes since they can't seem to hold down jobs. They tried frog farming and squirrel ranching among other things and now are in a failing roofing business. Finally, Loyd invents a gadget he calls the Kitchen Wizard, and they each make a thousand dollars selling the rights to a patent attorney who gives them a contract worth much more. However, their idea is stolen and they soon run out of money. Frank contemplates suicide, but Loyd talks him out of it by reminding him of his family and their friendship. The film is kind of awesome that it ends the way it does, I mean it is almost like it fools the audience. The whole time you are just thinking that these are two idiots with rocks for brains, and there is absolutely no way that these two, or anyone in the film for that matter, could have a half way decent thought go through their mind. But then you realize that this guy has actual emotions and can truly contemplate on something, even something as vital as taking his own life. So it is like the whole film is a big oxymoron, it just shifts drastically from one extreme to the other. This film also majorly contributed to independent cinema. It even was one of the inspiring forces behind Robert Redford creating the Sundance Film Festival. So this film is definitely worth a shot, it is a really cool story.
Review of The Whole Shootin' Match
