Goin' South (1978)
7/10
Typical Nicholson: The Good & Bad
16 March 2007
This is typical Jack Nicholson of the 1970s, which means good news and bad news, at least for me. I usually find the characters he plays interesting and with a decided edge, but along with that comes a profane mouth with a penchant for using the Lord's name in vain. Here, he blasphemes three times in the first five minutes. (Where is nurse Rathet when you need her?)

That's the case here, too, in this offbeat western in which co-stars with the pretty and soft- spoken Mary Steenburgen. Nicholson also directed this film.

The movie is more interesting that the description of it. If language, as mentioned above, doesn't bother you then I would recommend this as a "sleeper" film, one that isn't well- known but will surprise you with the entertainment. It has a deep cast, too, of veteran actors and newcomers who became well-known.
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