Brokeback Mountain
dramaromance
146
Stimulating
Consistently challenges the viewer and rewards attention
Score Breakdown
Cognitive Stimulation/50
36
Educational Value/50
30
Craft & Quality/50
46
IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4)
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The TVI Take
Two cowboys have a decades-long affair they cannot fully acknowledge. Ang Lee's Oscar-winning film is formally exceptional — the Wyoming landscape and the performances by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal are both outstanding.
Educational about the specific closeting of rural American masculinity. One of cinema's finest romances.
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