Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story

Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Abbigail Bush what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Scarecrow-88 For a few hours, an outlaw romances a prim and proper widow while his gang's away attempting to rob a bank. Their passionate sexual affair, as short as it was, soon becomes a best-selling novel, despite the fact that his stories to her, larger-than-life and fictional, are lies, taking off a life of their own. Assuming the identity of a crooked dentist, who pulled the gold teeth of his patrons, he's sent to jail, and the one he swapped roles with is killed by a hunting party. Graham Dorsey, presumed dead, can no longer take back his identity, his namesake, due to the ridiculous legend that has grown from Mrs. Starbuck's novel, and this will forever haunt him, even after meeting her once he's free from jail.I must admit that this was a pleasure to sit through, and is quite a pleasant western for the most part, with probably Chuck Bronson's most humane, charming, performance of his career. But, in saying that, I found the ending rather sad and tragic, what lengths Mrs Starbuck will go to keep her novel's legendary status intact, and how Dorsey will never be able to have his life back. It's clever, damn clever, but rather depressing if you think about it. I think this is the best chance to see Bronson and wife Jill Ireland at their best on screen together, and proves that she wasn't just some actress who came along because of being married to him, part of the package so to speak. Ireland holds her own and has these wonderful moments while her Amanda remains repressed, reveals much in her eyes, tears that are present as if her feelings wish to spill out despite her desire to bury them under a cold exterior. Bronson is so incredibly likable, I think his performance proves the critics, who always hated him and his movies, are wrong in that he never was able to pull off a character with any depth or dimension. I enjoyed this movie tremendously, what a nice surprise, and I think writer/director Gillroy's script effectively satirizes the nature of the difference between reality and myth, how a person, no matter how average he may actually be, can become a folk hero thanks to the fictionalized accounts of someone who remembers him being much more than he really is. What an amazing mansion where Ireland's Amanda lives!

lost-in-limbo 'From Noon till Three' is an interesting look at the cost of fame and the sensationalism used to brand a name… a legend, but it's the mistaken identities, perceived images and a second side to the story that makes the man of the legend a forgotten shadow. Sadly this seems to be quite an overlooked film, that's undeservedly neglected and criminally underrated. Frank D. Gilroy managed to adapt his own novel in writing the film's screenplay and then directing his inspired vision. Quite slight, but effectively assembled.A group of outlaws are heading to a town to rob a bank, but along the way one of the members; Graham Dorcey's horse brakes a leg. So doubling up, on their way there they come across a remote house owned by the stunning widow Amanda hoping to buy a horse. No luck (or that's what it seems) as Dorcy stays at the house to wait upon the gang to return after the robbery. What starts off as awkward becomes a delightfully meaningful three hours between the pair. However news comes through the robbery was botched, and to please Amanda he promises to go into town to see what he can do. However this causes a chain of events that would go down in folklore history.Formlessly peculiar, but charmingly breezy light-hearted western / romance with the smart material holding a satirical outlook to the genre's familiar conventions. However it chooses to play around with these staples, by turning them upside with amusing, but also downbeat (or bittersweet) results in what is quite an inventive structure. The message its got to say, probably does go on to take away from its fun, quirky set-up, but everything that occurs seems to come off with a fitting ending to all the uncanny things that have gone before it. A character-laced script, which is dialog hounded with a playfully adventurous attitude. This is truly Charles Bronson and Jill Ireland's film. The amount of time they get is boundless, as the focus is mainly on them with the heart-warming, natural chemistry (which couldn't be helped since of their budding marriage) breaking through. The interactions are what drives it, and holds it together. Bronson not in his usual role gives an affectionately bouncy performance and Ireland genuinely balances that uptight quality with ice-breaking warmness. The rest of the performances don't figure that prominently, but Douglas Fowley and Stan Haze leave their marks early on. Gilroy's direction is a steadfast effort clicking with a relax pace and Elmer Bernstein's majestically flavoured score is right on the money.

fimimix I'm not sure I saw all of this movie. Why the "10" rating ? It was pretty and had some good scenes.......I didn't have to really pay attention while I watching it. Laughable....."From Noon till Three" surely was produced through that corporation that ALWAYS starred Bronson and Ireland. A good family-business, huh? Ms. Ireland truly was a beauty and Charles had the bod......(old term for "hunk"). May as well use all your assets......This movie is a real relief of all the gore Bronson usually pitched-around.....super-macho, you know ? There were so many twists in its plot, I guess that's what kept my interest, just to see how they would pan-out.I thought the ending was perfect, so poor ole Charlie wouldn't have to keep getting banged-up everywhere he went. The line "we've been expecting you" from one of the loonies was a gem.......watch it for its pretty silliness......

brefane If you liked A Big Hand for the Little Lady(1966), then this small, under-appreciated gem is for you, and the less you know about it, the better. It is a vehicle for Ireland who has never been better, and it's the best film that she and her husband Charles Bronson made together. Their relationship which suggests the Taming of the Shrew is one of the most convincingly romantic pairings I've ever seen. Ireland, a widow, is a western version of Norma Desmond or Miss Havisham from Great Expectations, and virtually everything she says is a lie. The title refers to the 3 hours Bronson spends with her in her isolated Victorian mansion. The film is a comedy, a western, a romance,and a satire on myth-making and celebrity, and it succeeds on all levels. Overlooked when released, writer/director, and Pulitzer-Prize-winning playwright, Frank Gilroy deserves praise for this fine western comedy. It's smarter, more romantic, and more sophisticated than Cat Ballou, True Grit, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Skin Game, The Ballad of Cable Hogue etc.... It all works beautifully and the ending is satisfying and surprising. Bronson in a change of pace is very good indeed. Don't miss this film. Definitely deserves a DVD release.