The Newton Boys (1998) Reviews & Ratings

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The Newton Boys reviews

The Newton Boys holds a 6.1/10 average from 209 TMDB ratings.

Richard Linklater has tried hard with his cast here, but somehow this tale of the real life Newton gang whose criminal career culminated in one of America's most infamous train robberies just doesn't catch fire - at all. Matthew McConaughey (Willis) leads his brothers Jess (Ethan Hawke), Joe (Sweet Ulrich) and the scene stealing Vincent D'Onofrio (Dock) as the young men conclude - with the complicity of their mother…
— CinemaSerf (6/10)

The story of the Newton gang, the most successful bank robbers in history, owing to their good planning and minimal violence.

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