Not reviewed at press time. Dwight Yoakam’s elegiac Western — which he financed, co-wrote, directed, and stars in — is likely to be a treat for Yoakam’s music fans but will satisfy few others. A moody but vaguely scripted story about frontier justice, Yoakam’s vanity project is long on dusty Western landscapes but short on storyline and character development — despite the sterling cast of industry pros who join him for this indulgence. Made in 2000, the film has already been released on DVD and video, although the two-hour-and-54-minute running time listed by the theatre is a good amount longer than than the film’s original 130-some-odd-minute theatrical release length or the trimmed for the home market 105-minute-long version.
This article appears in July 19 • 2002.
