Brokeback Mountain (2005)
84%RT Audience Score: 82%
Awards & Nominations: Won 3 Oscars
141 wins & 133 nominations total
A beautiful, epic Western, Brokeback Mountain’s love story is imbued with heartbreaking universality thanks to moving performances by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal
Brokeback Mountain is a movie that will make you feel all the feels. It’s a love story that transcends gender and sexuality, and it’s beautifully shot against the backdrop of the Wyoming mountains. Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal give incredible performances that will leave you in tears. And if you’re not crying, then you’re not human. This movie is a must-watch for anyone who believes in the power of love.
Production Company(ies)
Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures,
Distributor
Focus Features
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for sexuality, nudity, language and some violence
Year of Release
2006
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:DTS Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:2h 14m
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Language(s):English, Spanish
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Dec 9, 2005 Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 4, 2006
Genre(s)
Romance/Drama
Keyword(s)
starring Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Linda Cardellini, Anna Faris, Anne Hathaway, Michelle Williams, directed by Ang Lee, written by Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana, Romance, Drama, LGBTQ+, $83.0M box office, reviewed by Namrata Joshi, David Ansen, Leslie Felperin, Damon Wise, Keith Phipps, Steven D Greydanus, Fico Cangiano, R MPAA rating, produced by Diana Ossana, James Schamus
Worldwide gross: $178,062,759
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $262,581,507
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 559
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 28,634,843
US/Canada gross: $83,043,761
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $122,461,069
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 617
US/Canada opening weekend: $547,425
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $807,264
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,304
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $14,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $20,645,199
Production budget ranking: 1,351
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $11,117,440
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $230,818,868
ROI to date (est.): 727%
ROI ranking: 170
Jake Gyllenhaal – Jack Twist
Linda Cardellini – Cassie
Anna Faris – Lashawn Malone
Anne Hathaway – Lureen Newsome
Michelle Williams – Alma Beers Del Mar
Director(s)
Ang Lee
Writer(s)
Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana
Producer(s)
Diana Ossana, James Schamus
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Won 3 Oscars
141 wins & 133 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Achievement in Directing Winners, Oscar Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures Winners, Oscar Best Writing Winners, Oscar Nominees, Oscar Original Score Winners, Oscar Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published Winners, Oscar Winners
All Critics (247) | Top Critics (64) | Fresh (217) | Rotten (30)
What is remarkable about the film is how it doesn’t politicise the homosexuality theme, transcends it to become the story of two people in doomed love. The two lead characters are wonderfully delineated.
January 10, 2019 | Rating: 3/4
Namrata Joshi
Outlook
TOP CRITIC
Brokeback Mountain is in no rush. Its emotional impact builds slowly, its rhythms in tune with the countryside–the rugged grandeur of the mountains; the arid, bleak vistas of backwater Western towns.
July 6, 2010
David Ansen
Newsweek
TOP CRITIC
Arguably Ang Lee’s best film, this swooning, achingly sad near-masterpiece offers a universal love story that lingers long in the mind.
November 21, 2008 | Rating: 4/5
Leslie Felperin
Film4
TOP CRITIC
[A] powerful and moving film, a smart study of relationships that could but can’t and never will be.
April 1, 2006 | Rating: 5/5
Damon Wise
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
The approach is dry as the Wyoming landscape, and while it occasionally threatens to pull the film out of shape, it’s still the right one for these men.
March 8, 2006 | Rating: A
Keith Phipps
AV Club
TOP CRITIC
A jaundiced portrait of maleness in crisis… extending not only to… the central characters, but also to the validity of manhood as exemplified by every other male character in the film.
February 11, 2006 | Rating: F
Steven D. Greydanus
Decent Films
TOP CRITIC
One of the most romantic films I’ve ever seen. A passionate film about love, truth and life. Full review in Spanish
February 9, 2022 | Rating: 4.5/5
Fico Cangiano
CineXpress Podcast
The world we live in today is still doing its damndest to twist the very definition of love out of our hands. This film is a slap in every one of their santimonious, ignorant faces.
July 2, 2021
Jason Adams
My New Plaid Pants
Brokeback Mountain serves as something of an antidote to the incessant homophobic harping…
July 9, 2020
Joanne Laurier
World Socialist Web Site
It is challenging to find a movie that grabs you as hard as this does. The story lingers long after its woeful end, ultimately showing the power of such an amazing film, while also keeping and transferring the theme of longing to its audience.
June 9, 2020
Kristy Strouse
In Their Own League
Heath Ledger gives an Oscar-worthy take on a man who already seems in mourning for a loss he will be late to grasp.
May 7, 2020
David Lamble
Bay Area Reporter
Ledger hits all the right notes as Ennis, delivering a quiet performance filled with heartache and sorrow.
November 19, 2019
Micheal Compton
Bowling Green Daily News…
Plot
Their acquaintance began on the warm summer of 1963, when cowboys, Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, ended up on the sheep farm of Joe Aguirre in Brokeback Mountain, Wyoming while looking for work. Under unexpected circumstances, little by little, the two men developed an intimate relationship that turned into a profound but secret bond, right under the nose of their families. However, love, and its many faces, is eternal. Who can stop love, life’s ultimate truth?
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
The film features moving performances by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal.
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