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Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Blistering performances.

Encouraged by his parents to flee west to avoid the American Civil War draft, a young man ends up joining a band of young petty thieves in unusual western written and directed by Robert Benton. It is a true coming-of-age tale as the draft dodger (played by Barry Brown of 'Daisy Miller' fame) comes to reassess his own values and Christian upbringing while under the wing of the charismatic leader of the thieves, played with gusto by a youthful Jeff Bridges. On and off narration by Brown as he writes letters to his relatives, telling them how he is avoiding being corrupted, is not a particular good touch. Brown also seems quite awkward in moments like declining the chance to be with a woman due to the way that he was raised. Bridges is excellent throughout and the film has some great moments towards the start as we are treated to some of the boys' cunning schemes to trick unsuspecting folks out of food and money. The final quarter of the film is not nearly as strong with less focus on the boys using their wits to survive, but there is still a lot to like about their navigation of the untamed Wild West in which shooting helpless rabbits and avoiding being lynched or hanged is simply a part of life, necessary for survival. 'Bad Company' might not be quite as potent as 'Oliver Twist', but it is fairly well done as a homage to the iconic Charles Dickens story.

Great title aside, "Bad Company" undermines expectations in a couple of ways. It's a western, but of the revisionist sort (indeed, it's no rollicking escapism) and it feels like a coming-of-age story, but seems to be somewhat opposed to that, too. It's a curious thing: I approached this movie as a Jeff Bridges fan, and came away better appreciating Barry Brown instead. Which makes sense, it's his story. But he embodied the well-behaved Midwestern Christian so perfectly.There's a Mark Twain undercurrent running through all of this, but it's not a straightforward tale on the river. It's complicated and seeing how far Brown has fallen by the end credits is the real reason there's any shock value to this (even with the "Butch Cassidy" freeze-frame, which was kind of a disappointment). This movie isn't genre (re)defining but it scratches an itch. And even if you're not swept off your feet, there are high points; David Huddleston owns his scenes, those prairies certainly look good, and that tinkling piano score sticks with you.6/10

Thrilling story about a group of young people who join forces to be robbers , as they rob their way west but with unexpected consequences . This first-rate Western draws its riveting tale and power from the interaction of finely drawn roles as well as adventure and action . Good and enjoyable western with a great casting and two sensational starring , a very young Jeff Bridges and Barry Brown in a coming-of-age story . This exciting film packs Western action , go riding , thrills , emotion , shoot-outs and results to be quite entertaining . It contains a magnificent main cast as Jeff Bridges and Barry Brown facing off bandits (David Huddleston , Geoffey Lewis , Ed Lauer , among others) a tough sheriff(Jim Davis) and deputies ; in addition , a top-drawer support cast . This is a nice flick containing a little bit of charming humor about naively juvenile , friendship , violence and sense of comradeship among people . It's a sympathetic western , with a beautiful cinematography , attractive scenery from meadows and great soundtrack by piano . It deals with a god-fearing Ohio boy called Drew Dixon (Barry Brown) dodging the Civil War draft arrives in Jefferson City where he joins up with a hardscrabble group of like runaways heading west , being led by Jake Rumsey (Jeff Bridges) , a street-wise rebel . Both of them have wildly differing temperaments . Soon after, though, the drifter young finds out existence on the West is neither what he expected nor what he's been wishing . As the dangerous journey that turns out to be worst than expected , suffering attacks , hard-working activities , robbing , gun-play and many other things . Formidable as well as intriguing Western full of action , fascinating drama , crossfire and fabulous performances . It's a wonderful adventure film format "western" itinerant, filled with entertaining events , danger and life lessons . This exciting film packs good feeling as friendship , faithfulness , companionship and violence as well as touching scenes on the final . The screenplay , by David Newman , Robert Benton , is plain and simple but intelligent , with a conventional plot , but ultimately gets overcome . The picture belongs to Western sub-genre of the seventies about juvenile people , starred by teens or little boys such as ¨The Spikes gang¨ , ¨Marshal Cahill¨ , ¨The cowboys¨ and ¨The Culpepper Cattle Co¨. Gorgeous outdoors with decent production design by Paul Sylbert . Filmmaker gets to remain the Western emotion , moving scenes and suspense until the ending . The young starring player Barry Brown is very good , his role as an ingenuous and cultured young is top-notch , he performed similar character as a naive cowboy in other films however , he virtually disappeared without much trace until his suicide , as he shot himself to death . He was especially known for Daisy Miller (1974) , Piranha (1978) and this Bad company (1972). Sympathetic Jeff Bridges as gang leader , he steals the show as likable as well as two-fisted young gunslinger . According to Jeff Bridges the gunfight in the forest had to be completely re shot after the film was ruined in the lab . Secondary cast is extraordinary such as John Savage , David Huddleston , Jerry Houser , Jim Davis , Geoffrey Lewis , Jean Allison , Ed Lauter , John Quade and Charles Tyner . Cool cinematographer Gordon Willis prowls his camera splendidly through some wonderfully seedy , deserted landscapes . Evocative and atmospheric musical score composed by means of piano played by Harvey Schmidt. This Sleeper Western was well produced by Stanley R Jaffe and stunningly directed by Robert Benton , recreating compellingly this thrilling story ; being debut of Benton and whose most popular movie resulted to be ¨Kramer vs Kramer¨ . He is a writer and director, known for Kramer vs Kramer (1979), Nadine (1987) , Billy Bathgate (1991) , Nobody's Fool (1994) , Twilight (1998) , The human stain (2003), Feast of Love (2007) and wrote Superman (1978) and Bonnie y Clyde (1967). This much underrated Civil War era Western is rated above average ; being essential and indispensable watching for Western genre fans . Enjoyable scenarios , interesting script , nice performances and gorgeous outdoors make this well worth seeing .

I'm a huge fan of Jeff Bridges. Great all around actor who is a pleasure to watch and the Big Lebowski is an all time favorite of mine.But the movie is still just not worth it. Its just a rambling, meandering story with little story spine and a lack of any true drama. If you are on the edge of your seat it will probably be from dozing rather than from any gripping sort of suspense or interest. I believe it was given kudos by some critics for being a different type of western: more gritty, real, less glamorized and all that. Honestly, just because a film does something different, doesn't mean it was good entertainment and that's the most important criteria for a good movie.So, if you want to then watch it but you can definitely do better.