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Legendary lawman Frank Hamer and Manny Gault, two former Rangers by the time Bonnie & Clyde started their robbery reign, are commissioned as special investigators, coaxed by a consortium of banks to assemble a posse and end the robbery spree of the notorious duo reputed to have killed 13 cops and others.
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70
Though The Highwaymen makes sure it tells the right story about Bonnie and Clyde, it doesn’t win the argument that it tells the better one.
67
There was more to Bonnie and Clyde than 'Bonnie and Clyde,' but The Highwaymen falls short of making the case that the good guys had the better tale.
60
Commands attention less as historical counterpoint than as a sturdy showcase for the neatly balanced lead performances of Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson.
60
A smoothly executed but decidedly drab crime drama. Checking all the necessary narrative boxes for its target audience and asking little of stars Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson other than to bring their well-established onscreen personas to the characters, the latest from director John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side, Saving Mr. Banks) dabbles in familiar dramatic ironies and rather obvious observations about violence, celebrity and ageing. The Highwaymen never puts a foot wrong, but it fails to elicit much passion or fascination.
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What makes The Highwaymen particularly disappointing is that two solid pieces of character work get buried in the filmmaking.
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