I've known people like the good guys in this movie (including the Duvall character) This was about my friends out acting crazy...and they do. I understand that it was not believable to strangers; but if you let Duvall show you someone you never met, he does it well.
Irvine is criticized for not holding his own with Duvall. Get real!! A New York raised college-boy and the Duvall character would take a long time getting acquainted. The day and night in the movie might be enough. What would not be believable would be if the grandson started out on an even footing.
I usually judge a movie by what stayed with me to the next day. Sometimes the next morning I have to try to remember what the movie was. "A Night in Old Mexico" was not forgotten. Every character is sharp and clear and real. All of the locations are real to me.
If you have met someone like Red, (Duvall's character), and spent a night or two being wild and crazy in a Mexican border town; then it is easy to watch. The cast and crew all met someone like Red, (Duvall), and they were all in a border town. Maybe the fault in the movie is that it doesn't bring outsiders in. If you haven't been there and met him you don't see the reality.
Too bad for you.
Irvine is criticized for not holding his own with Duvall. Get real!! A New York raised college-boy and the Duvall character would take a long time getting acquainted. The day and night in the movie might be enough. What would not be believable would be if the grandson started out on an even footing.
I usually judge a movie by what stayed with me to the next day. Sometimes the next morning I have to try to remember what the movie was. "A Night in Old Mexico" was not forgotten. Every character is sharp and clear and real. All of the locations are real to me.
If you have met someone like Red, (Duvall's character), and spent a night or two being wild and crazy in a Mexican border town; then it is easy to watch. The cast and crew all met someone like Red, (Duvall), and they were all in a border town. Maybe the fault in the movie is that it doesn't bring outsiders in. If you haven't been there and met him you don't see the reality.
Too bad for you.