James Berardinelli wrote a review over the Western movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid stating that the movie "remains one of the best crafted and most beloved of all the Westerns". I partly, but mostly, agree with this (and I've seen my fair share of Westerns because of my uncle). Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a more whimsy and comedic approach of a Western movie, where others are more serious and violence driven. Not to say that Butch Cassidy doesn't have violence in it, because believe me, it's got plenty of on screen deaths; yet none are extremely gruesome.
I enjoyed the movie and found it easy to watch for a Western, and funny in some of the most intense scenes of the movie, such as when they were under pursuit of the bounty hunters and the only way to escape was to jump into the river, but the Sundance Kid didn't want to jump because "' I can't swim!'" Butch stared laughing, as did all of the audience who watched the movie.
For William Goldman to write a comedic Western was a bold move. When you think of a Weastern movie, you don't usually think of funny or whimsy plots. Butch Cassidy put a twist on things and took "the road less traveled" as stated by Mr. Berardinelli.
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