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Accidental Texan was an amazing movie!! The cast was fabulous, the acting was amazing, the story line was fantastic and the setting is beautiful! If you're an Outer Banks fan, you will absolutely LOVE this movie considering Rudy is a star in it! I grew up in Texas and I think Accidental Texan portrays Texas so well. The beautiful farmlands and the sweet southern people! If you're wanting to watch a heartwarming, wholesome, funny and family friendly movie.. This one is for you!! I highly suggest taking the time out of your day to watch this film!! I personally cannot wait to watch it again!!

Came to this movie with no expectations and loved it. Funny and entertaining with just the right amount of drama to be an engaging nail-biter. Mark Bristol did a great job directing and the cinematography was excellent too. I want to find the town where it was filmed (somewhere in tree-less Texas) and have a cup of coffee at the cafe. Thomas Haden Church, Rudy Pankow and Carrie-Anne Moss gave great performances and Bruce Dern is always a pleasure to watch. Shout out to the woman who played Roxy: Her performance was spot on for what you would expect to see in a county office. Going to watch it again with my 10-year-old son as it is clean and includes some good messages about work ethic.

Movie released in march 2023,probably gone straight to a streamer,a delightful mishap style movie,with appearances from veteran actors ,Bruce Dern must be in-his late eighties,Thomas Haden Church always in the same mode in all of his movie roles. Carrie Ann Moss still a Goddess dominates,a welcome addition from her blockbuster superstar roles,this isn't Hallmark material,way better production,based on Chocolate Lizards the book. I would put this comedy in the same bracket as the understated Holdovers Movie Anyway overall a Texas oil drilling theme,unscrupulous corporates trying to rob the poor dirt farmers of their land for oil leases,they are the villains of course. Along comes a failed young would be actor who has a big hilarious mishap on his first gig,road trip afterwards and ends up in the small town local coffee bar seeking help,penniless and desperate. He is offered a job with a going downhill Texas drilling company owner who's about to go bankrupt, The interplay between old school and apprentice is a delight,where they try to beat the corporate takeovers. Of course Carrie Ann Moss is the comforting supportive angel who manages the coffee bar. The driller's long suffering crew are then introduced,and facing redundancy if their boss doesn't come up with a successful oil strike. There is a race towards the end, and the villains get their just desserts. A must watch.

Personally I loved it. Thomas Hayden Church was great in this film and perfect for the role. I read the book also several years ago. In the book Luskey and the gang bribe the old man with booze and a prostitute, that scene would have been classic with Bruce Dern 😂. The book is set in Abilene, the movie in Buffalo Gap which is only about 8 miles to the south, both are in Taylor County which the movie stayed true to. I'm glad a few of the shots were filmed in Abilene, got to have a little West Texas and the Big Country included in this film. Like I said I loved it and really enjoyed this film, I missed it in theaters and I was skeptical because of the negative reviews, but in my opinion it's a lot better of a movie than the critics gave it credit for. If you like feel good movies that are fun this is for you.

A "normal" movie, like it used to be all movies before this crazy times that we live these days...about what is really important: life as it is, good or bad, there's always a chance if you are still breathing. God bless! It's a shame that today's films diverge so drastically, essentially serving as propaganda to push the big movie companies' social-political agenda. Of course, anyone who signs up to Netflix, Disney+, and other background noise will find a thousand "problems" with this film, beginning with the subject, actor selection, and orthodox message portrayed. Let's be honest, there are no longer any decent films, with only one kid of good Hollywood production movie released each year... so let's be grateful that there are still "normal" films like this one. Don't look outside the box when watching this film, as its values remain within it.

Accidental Texan A film set in the middle of ranch country, Texas, Accidental Texan stars Erwin, an aspiring actor who blew an audition in New Orleans in such an hysterical, ridiculous fashion that I couldn't stop laughing. Since the rest of the film tries to be much more serious, I'm not sure what was up with that zany beginning. On the way back to Hollywood, still dressed in his costume and outfitted with his special effects rig, Erwin's Prius breaks down in Buffalo Gap, a city of about 10 people it seems. The auto repair guy tries to take advantage of our city boy, but is saved by a roughneck, Merle, whose oil drilling business is on the edge of collapse. The film then goes into serious mode as Merle and Erwin go on a mission to save the business by trying to find oil before an evil tycoon and his lackey bankers do. The villainy is so cartoony it's ridiculous, but I still enjoyed their work to save Merle's business. Erwin is more than an accidental Texan; he becomes an accidental son-figure, to Merle's father-figure, as they go about mending their own pain with as little emotion as possible. Carrie-Anne Moss, as Faye the waitress, reminds the pair that the emotions are there, and she uses that power to help save the day. Instead of waving money at people, she brings them together for a common goal that inspires feelings of nostalgia that lead to a new future. It's so Hallmark channel it's not even funny, but I still enjoyed it. There's a gun battle, a stampede of cows, hard drinking, and a loyal roughneck crew that love rampaging through the environment looking for oil to make money. It's the daydream of every Red state Republican thinking about the good ole days that never actually existed. Family values are explored and admired. Making money, at any cost, is only trumped by a small business underdog, trying to do the same thing. But, I'll say it again, I enjoyed it. It is a shame that folks with ranches or farms from before the twentieth century are losing their livelihood due to technicalities on leases, or a reduction in demand in farm products causing foreclosures. It was fun to see people beat "the man", even though it's fiction.

I saw Accidental Texan, starring Thomas Haden Church-the Spider_Man movies, The Peanut Butter Falcon; Rudy Pankow-Outer Banks_tv, Uncharted; Carrie_Anne Moss-the Matrix movies, Models Inc._tv and Bruce Dern-The Peanut Butter Falcon. This is one of those feel good movies. You know the kind, that even though you know how it's going to end, you still feel good. Rudy plays an actor that gets his first big break to be in a movie that is filming in Louisiana, but messes it up and gets fired. When he is driving back to California through Texas, his car breaks down. He walks to the nearest town and meets Thomas at a cafe run by Carrie_Anne. Since Rudy only has about $40 to his name, Thomas offers to get his car fixed for him if Rudy will help him out on a job. The job is working on an oil rig. Of course, Rudy doesn't know anything about drilling for oil but he is an actor and that's what Thomas really needs-Rudy to act like he knows what he is doing, to fool certain people. Thomas is on a deadline to hit oil or he will loose everything he owns. Bruce plays an old farmer that owns a prime spot for drilling that everyone wants to drill on, but he doesn't want to lease his land out-he is a stubborn old coot. The movie was filmed in Texas and there is a nice little tip of the hat to Whataburger. It's rated PG-13 for violence and language and has a running time of 1 hour & 44 minutes. It's not one that I would buy on DVD-once was enough-but it would be alright to stream.

Thomas Haden Church has been a favorite of mine since Wings, and he didn't disappoint in Accidental Texan! This movie shines with witty banter, heartfelt character stories, and great west Texas scenery. What's not to love about good old fashioned story telling? Rudy Pankow delivers the audience a tale of a young man trying to forge his own path is life, but realizes sometimes we need a little help from friends we meet along the way. We don't always realize who is going to go from being a casual acquaintance to a family we didn't know we always needed. A+ writing with wonderful acting and good cinematography!

As a West Texas girl, I knew I had to see this picture and so very glad I did! The cinematography was beautiful, the storyline refreshing (clean, funny at times, touching at others), acting was wonderful, music was incredible. I enjoyed every minute of this feel-good, kind of old-fashioned film where the audience roots for the good guys who aren't perfect, but earn our concern and care. Sure, the "bad" guys and their ploys are a bit melodramatic but that's what makes this type of film fun. The good guys are a bit flawed and that's what makes us relate to them and like them. It's a new twist on the fish out of water theme, but I never anticipated what would happen next like we do in so many movies today. And what's a movie about Texas without an homage to Whataburger? Highly recommend (both the film and Whataburger!).