Storyline
The life of Danny Wright, a salesman forever on the road, veers into dangerous and surreal territory when he wanders into a Mexican bar and meets a mysterious stranger, Julian, who's very likely a hit man. Their meeting sets off a chain of events that will change their lives forever, as Wright is suddenly thrust into a far-from-mundane existence that he takes to surprisingly well … once he gets acclimated to it.
Directors
Cast
Adam Scott, Philip Baker Hall, Roberto Sosa, Hope Davis, Greg Kinnear, Pierce Brosnan, Antonio Zavala Kugler, Arlin Miller, Jonah Meyerson, Jorge Robles, Portia Dawson, Israel Tellez, Azucena Medina, Wiveca Bonerais, Ramon Alvarez, Luz Maria Molina, Trio Los Rivera, Rachel Schwartz, Carolyn Horwitz, Guillermo Ruiz
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Reviews
88
Premiere
It's a role that essentially demystifies Brosnan's star persona, and in it he is simply sensational, funnier and more persuasively neurotic than even a devoted fan might expect.
75
ReelViews
There's nothing edgy or groundbreaking about The Matador, but it's funny, touching, and ultimately endearing.
75
Rolling Stone
Writer-director Richard Shepard gives Brosnan his meatiest role ever, and he digs in with relish.
70
Chicago Reader
If he'd (Shepard) gone a few notches darker and deeper he might have had a formidable post-cold war thriller. Still, there's much to enjoy in Brosnan's enthusiastic scruffing up of his Bond/Steele image and in Shepard's energetic, if lightweight, direction.
70
The Matador gets a 151-proof tequila shot of sharp comedy from the droll byplay between Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear.
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