The Newton Boys

Name: The Newton Boys
Released: 1998-3-27
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, Skeet Ulrich, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dwight Yoakam

The Newton Boys

PG-13
2h 3m
1998

63%

age 12+

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It seems the only way "The Newton Boys" can make good is by goin' bad! Faster than you can say "nitroglycerin," they've knocked over more than 80 banks from Texas to Canada. Now their sights are set on a multimillion-dollar Federal Reserve train robbery, but the Feds are about to turn up the heat!

Director:

Richard Linklater

Producer:

Anne Walker-McBay

Writer:

Cast:

Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, Skeet Ulrich, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dwight Yoakam, Julianna Margulies

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

63%

Critics Consensus: The Newton Boys uses a sharp cast and absorbing period detail to help make up for the frustrations of a story puzzlingly short on dramatic tension.

Reviews

Washington Post

Mike Clark

As portrayed by Matthew McConaughey in his first fully satisfying screen performance, Willis Newto...

ColeSmithey.com

Cole Smithey

June 21, 2017

Variety

Emanuel Levy

A handsome production that nicely evokes the 1920s and a likeable cast headed by McConaughey can't...

June 21, 2017

Film Threat

June 21, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 12+

Common Sense Says

Fact-based, slow-paced '90s Western has some violence.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that The Newton Boys is a 1998 feature by director Richard Linklater. It's an affectionate recounting of the life and times of the Newton Boys, four real-life bank- and train-robbing Texas cowboys. They achieved 1924 infamy when they were caught after robbing a federal postal train carrying millions. Although they carried guns during the robberies, they never killed anyone. The most violent scene here involves a non-family gang member mistakenly shooting one of the Newtons, seriously but not fatally. Blood is seen. Dancing girls are seen in a saloon wearing bras and short skirts, and characters smoke cigarettes, chew tobacco, and drink alcohol. Expect to hear "s--t," "bastard," and "bitch."