Brokeback Mountain

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (2005) - Feb. 28, 2006
Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal were both excellent in this slow-paced but always entertaining film. About Ledger and Gyllenhaal and their struggle to maintain their relationship over the course of twenty years or so, the film was really well written and well directed by Ang Lee (unlike the criminally overrated Crouching Tiger). It certainly featured a leisurely pace, but this gave the film time to develop the characters, who became people we really come to care about. ***1/2