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Brokeback Mountain, @sohoplace review - emotionally inert take on acclaimed tale of queer love

by Mert Dilek

Mike Faist and Lucas Hedges star in an underpowered adaptation of Annie Proulx's short story For a masterclass in expansive adaptation, one could do worse than turn to Ang Lee's Oscar-winning Brokeback Mountain, based on American author Annie Proulx's 1997 short story of the same title. Proulx's restrained but searing tale of the queer romance between two ranch hands in 1960s Wyoming generated in Lee's 2005 film a tr…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 10:42am on May 19, 2023