The Matador
2005 · Movie · R · 97 min · ★ 6.3 · 70% critics
A traveling salesman’s trip to Mexico turns dangerous and surreal when he meets a mysterious stranger who may be a contract killer. Their unsettling encounter sparks a chain of events that pulls the salesman into a far-from-mundane life, which he adjusts to more than expected.
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Details
- Years
- 2005
- Release date
- 2005-05-12
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 70/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (516 votes)
- Budget
- $10,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy The Matador if you want a quirky, morally messy buddy story with dark humor and surprising character chemistry; Not for you if you need straightforward thrills or you dislike films about killers acting like friends, similar in vibe to Bulworth or Nurse Betty.
Pros: dark comedy tone; strong lead performances; memorable dialogue | Cons: credibility issues; uneven sense of fun; some audience found it dull
Themes
- mexico city, mexico
- hitman
- midlife crisis
- cocktail
- stranger
Cast & crew
Pierce Brosnan
as Julian Noble
Greg Kinnear
as Danny Wright
Hope Davis
as Carolyn 'Bean' Wright
Portia Dawson
as Genevive
Adam Scott
as Phil Garrison
- IT
Israel Tellez
as The Matador
- AM
Arlin Miller
as Radio DJ (voice)
- AM
Azucena Medina
as Young Denver Fling
- JM
Jonah Meyerson
as Ten Year Old Boy
- WB
Wiveca Bonerais
as Ten Year Old Boy's Mother
Directed by Richard Shepard