09 August, 2007

Movie Review: Three More Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Tommy Lee Jones and Barry Pepper reprise their roles as a crusty caretaker and a none-too-wise small-town deputy.

The laffs happen when Pepper has a PTA meeting he must attend so he doesn't lose custody of his daughter, and convinces Jones to come along with the body so he isn't late. Coyotes get at the corpse so they hide it in the principal's office. The principal comes in and has intercourse with the corpse, mistaking a cracked femur for an erect penis. This is funny because the principal has been a real hardcase up until then.

Later the corpse's internal organs liquify and he swells up, becoming harder to hide and eventually exploding at a post-ballet tea party for wealthy dowagers. Even though Jones and Pepper are covered with Estrada's putrefying entrails, they realize they couldn't have pulled it off without one another and they hug. Then they run away in fast forward with bluegrass music playing and a bunch of crazy old ladies chasing them.

Great Movie! Thanks Hollywood!
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