Jesus, that's a long title. It's an even longer film. 2 hrs and 40 min. You'll never get that time back.I'm not saying that the movie is bad. It's well-made and well-acted. It's just slow as fuck and boring as hell.
Robert Ford (Casey Affleck) is 19 years old and has a huge boy-crush on legendary outlaw/folk hero Jesse James (Brad Pitt). Most of us don't get to meet our idols in real life, but Bob is determined to get noticed. Unfortunately, the term 'stalker' hadn't been coined yet. Bob attempts to ingratiates himself with Jesse's brother Frank (Sam Shepard) but is rebuffed for being 'weird'. Professional criminals are a touchy and frequently superstitious bunch. If you have a reputation for being squirrelly, no one will work with you. But Bob persists, eventually making it so far as to be a lackey.
A stupid man would have been content. Bob Ford is not stupid. He doesn't just want to be like Jesse James, he wants to be Jesse James. Eventually, his obsession leads him to betrayal.
There are a ton of great actors in this movie including Jeremy Renner, Sam Rockwell, and the perennial Garrett Dillahunt. There are also some cameos from James Carville, Ted Levine, Nick Cave, and Zooey Deschanel. Mary Louise Parker has really high billing but her screen time is probably less than five minutes total.
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