CRITICAL CONSENSUS

Ray Bennett - Hollywood Reporter

Peter Travers - Rolling Stone

Owen Gleiberman - EW

Glenn Kenny - Premiere Magazine

Stephen Holden - NY Times

Kenneth Turan - LA Times

Mike Clark - USA Today

Jami Bernard - NY Daily News

Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Time

Rene Rodriguez - Miami Herald

William Arnold - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Michael Phillips - Chicago Tribune

Ken Tucker - New York Magazine

Kyle Smith - NY Post

David Edelstein - Slate

DUELING CRITICS

"Featuring scenes filmed in the fabulous Canadian Rockies of Alberta and boasting a fine cast topped by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain will appeal to moviegoers who enjoy grand filmmaking and poignant love stories, whether gay, hetero or otherwise"

- Ray Bennett

"In dubbing Brokeback Mountain 'Marlboro men in love,' I'm not being flip. OK, I'm not only being flip...[Director] Ang Lee's formalism is so extreme that it's often laughable, and the sex is depicted as a holy union"

- David Edelstein