Beer For My Horses Movie
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Bill Racklin is a deputy sheriff in Greer County Oklahoma, the crystal meth capital of the region. His girlfriend leaves him because he's inattentive to her, but things look up when his high-school sweetheart, Annie Streets, returns home to care for her ailing mother. Annie's step-father, Buck Baker, is the local heartless rich guy, buying up farmland. On a stakeout, Rack and two other deputies arrest four men stealing fertilizer to make crystal meth; one of the four is the brother of a notorious Mexican drug dealer. The drug lord arranges Annie's kidnapping and holds her to ransom his brother. Rack and the deputies, prisoner in tow, head for Mexico to rescue her.
| Toby Keith | Rack |
| Rodney Carrington | Lonnie |
| Ted Nugent | Skunk |
| Greg Serano | Tito Garza |
| Brit Morgan | Harveyetta |
| Barry Corbin | Buck |
| Ray Aguayo | Chico |
| Raybolin Aguayo | Armed Guard |
| David Allan Coe | Gypsy Gene |
| Michael-David Aragon | Henchman #3 |
| Chris Browning | Stippins |
| Chad Brummett | Johnny Franks |
| Mike Miller | Peabody |
| Willie Nelson | Charlie |
| Mark Povinelli | Merriweather |
| Michael Salomon |
4.30 out of 10 (263 votes)
Visitor Reviews
This movie was AWESOME!!!!!
posted on 20 May 2009This was a good movie. I enjoyed it because it featured my favorite country singer Toby Keith. Other people may not have enjoyed it because they don't understand how great it is living in that kind of town. I also loved it when Skunk scared the crap out of that guy by shooting it in the air. It was also funny when Cammie left and she ran over Rak's mower. And he said, "Well i guess Cammie is gonna go get me a new mower" And i loved especially the Show Them to ME scene. The plot of the movie was classic. Man finds woman, woman kidnapped, man saves woman, that plot really is classic and would always deserve a high rating.
Show it in Georgia...PLEASE
posted on 05 Mar 2009I was looking very forward to see this movie. We go to every Toby concert whenever he is in Atlanta. We were really anticipating this movie. Why was the movie only in limited release? Toby has a huge fan-base in Georgia. My daughter and I are heartbroken that it was not released here. I am sure who makes there decisions. There are many movies that are released nationally that do not deserve to be released at all. Our situation is different....it seems that on the mid-west got the chance to see this. Can anyone let us know how to get the movie released in Atlanta....is it too late. I really don't want to wait for DVD release. Heartbroken in Georgia.
If you're a Toby Keith fan, and liked the song ...
posted on 15 Feb 2009...'Beer for My Horses' (and/or a Nugent, Willie or David Allan Coe fan), then do yourself a favor and don't watch this movie and spoil all of what you've had going on.It's that bad. Actually, it's much worse than that bad. The writing, directing and acting were all equally terrible. Most of the parts that were supposed to be funny were met with groans instead of laughs. Seriously. The 'best' parts of the movie (and it ought to be a crime to refer to them like that. How about closest to actually being funny parts...?) involved a pit bull farting and an up close look at him licking his male parts. No, I'm not kidding.We went in a packed car and all agreed afterward that it was the worst movie we ever saw. No exceptions. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck deserved Oscars for Gigli compared to 'Beer for My Horses.'
Worst movie of the century
posted on 07 Feb 2009I cannot believe Tom Skerritt is so broke that he performed in this trash. Let alone Gina Gershon or even Willie Nelson. Well Nelson maybe. Absolutely left us ashamed not to have walked out. Everyone else in the theater felt the same way. What a waste of time. How does anyone raise money for a production as bad as this was? How does anyone waste investing money in this? Does anyone care? We saw this film on the Celebrity Constellation on a Baltic Cruise. Even the Cruise Director was embarrassed when confronted by guests. It's selection was a terrible mistake. Perhaps second place prize would be to force someone to sit through it again. There is no way anyone can find anything good about this film.
I needed a shot or two of whiskey after watching this
posted on 05 Feb 2009Living Nashville, my roommate and I expected there'd be a little bit of a crowd at the matinée during this film's opening week. If nothing else, the industry would support it, right? Well, we were the only two there, aside from some random guy in the front row that probably wandered into the wrong theater.In a nutshell, the script is nothing but good ol' boy humor, which is tolerable, up to a point. The pace of the movie is inconsistent-- sometimes too quick and at other times painfully slow; the storyline itself reminds me of a high school student screenplay. Toby, a down-to-earth, charming southern fella, is a cop of a small, southern town. His partner is a redneck Barney Fife with a dog that farts when trouble draws near. Sounds like a winner, right? The "real" story unfolds when Toby's girl gets kidnapped by Mexican druglords. On the way to the border, Toby's car breaks down, and he must stop and seek mechanical help from a bohemian traveling circus. After another painful 45 minutes, they make it to Mexico to face the druglords, and you can probably guess the outcome.The reason for this film's limited release may have been because Toby's previous film, Broken Bridges, barely grossed $250,000. Toby really should just stick to music videos.
Good clean country humor
posted on 03 Feb 2009One of the comments made by a user claims it's nothing like cannonball run and I don't know what movies you've been watching but maybe since you've had kids you've lost your sense of humor.This movie is good. Clean fun humor that is made up not only by the film and it's script but by the characters themselves and the individuality each actor puts forth. Can anyone actually believe they put Ted in an an entire movie and that the man who is so opinionated doesn't get a single word in edge wise. This movie adds a classic look at simple humor that still has a family side to it.I've seen most of the music artists in concert and Carrington's stage acts (which are funny but definitely adult) that have been in this film and in my perspective they add country charm and class.Of course everyone is entitled to their opinion and this one is mine.
Not Oscar-worthy, but Fun
posted on 10 Jan 2009"Beer For My Horses" is a redneck-flavored "buddy cop" comedy starring country music superstar Toby Keith and down-home comedian Rodney Carrington (the pair also co-wrote the script) as small-town Oklahoma sheriff deputies. Toby's the strong silent hero type while Rodney provides the goofball comic relief. When the two stop a gang of crooks from stealing fertilizer from a local farm, one of their prisoners turns out to be the brother of a particularly vicious Mexican drug lord. From there you can pretty much write the script yourself -- the prisoner tells Keith "My brother is going to kill you," Toby laughs it off, then his girlfriend is kidnapped right out of her car on a country road late at night. Of course, the prisoner's brother is responsible, and he arranges an exchange -- "You bring me my brother or I'll kill the girl." Thus, Keith and Carrington sneak their prisoner out of jail and head off to Mexico in Carrington's absurdly over-the-top monster pickup truck, having various misadventures along the way (some of which are far too silly to describe here) before a final showdown South of the Border. Do I really need to tell you how it all turns out? I didn't think so. Toby Keith has suggested that this film is meant to be an homage to the "Cannonball Run" or "Smokey and the Bandit" movies, i.e. not to be taken very seriously. To me, it seemed like they weren't sure whether they were making a straight-up cop movie or a screwball comedy, and never found the proper balance between the two. Toby's a decent enough actor, and Carrington is always good for a few yuks, but I was actually embarrassed for him by the time we got to the scene in a rest-stop men's room where he leads a group of loitering gang-bangers in a sing-along. Willie Nelson is always a welcome presence in movies like these, but he seems wasted in a bit part as the father figure of a traveling circus. I got the most laughs out of the first half hour or so, showcasing Toby's domestic problems and the lack of respect he gets at work from his superior officers. Once they hit the road for Mexico, the movie starts to fall apart. My favorite character in the whole movie is Ted Nugent, who plays a fellow deputy who never speaks (except for two words at the end) -- knowing what a motormouth he is in real life, I imagine it must've been hell for him to keep his trap shut for nearly the entire movie!! In short, "Beer For My Horses" is OK for a few laughs if you happen to catch it on Country Music Television (where it airs on a seemingly weekly basis) but not something you need to seek out unless you're a fan of any of the participants.
Save your $8.50
posted on 15 Nov 2008My wife and I are huge TK fans. When he was in the 'burgh last week telling the concert goes about the movie, we thought "what the heck, lets check it out." We should have been tipped off by the completely empty theater, but we figured, its 7:00 on a Monday night so maybe they're just really slow. Wrong-o. Toby, you write great songs and your singing is fantastic, but you need to get as far away from Hollywood as you can. I'm not sure if the acting was so bad it destroyed the writing or if the writing was so bad it couldn't be acted, but whatever the reason, this movie was just plain bad. On the sneak preview show on CMT, the stars/writers Toby and Rodney kept referring to it being like Cannonball Run. Having seen the Cannonball movies, I should have seen it coming, but the Cannonball movies would be Oscar material compared to this. I would have given it a 1 but there was one funny scene. Other than that, I say again save your $8.50 and watch it on CMT in 3 months.
Fun and entertaining
posted on 30 Oct 2008I only rented this because of Rodney Carrington. His songs on Youtube are hilarious!!!!!! I didn't expect much and just hoped that there would be enough funny parts to pull the movie through. I was shocked at what I saw. Granted the movie is not going to win (or be nominated) for best picture, but it was original, and very entertaining. The story was far better than I expected, and I had some laughs. After watching it my wife asked me to buy her a copy of it for Christmas.If you see this show expecting a dumb comedy you will be pleasantly surprised. If you see it expecting it to be "picture of the year" you will probably be disappointed.
This movie is going to get a lot of heat but....
posted on 22 Oct 2008personally I think it was really funny. It was a bit predictable but it had decent main characters that you could relate to and actually root for. Especially if, like me, you've ever taken a lady to a corn-dog joint.This was a great guy movie although the ladies will most likely roll their eyes a couple of times. I went with a bunch of my buddies and we followed it with pizza and a couple of rounds so it worked well. It was fun and I bet they had a blast making it. I'll buy it on DVD.P.S. If anyone was involved with the production; I'd love to know how many inches of lift were under that truck!
Pretty Stinkin' Funny
posted on 02 Oct 2008I'm a woman, and usually people assume that women don't like dumb guy comedies. But more often than not, I'd rather watch something funny than something heartwarming. I'd rather have a little heartwarming in a lot of comedy than the other way around. And in the case of this silly, cheesy, predictable movie, I got my comedy with a dash of heart-warmth.I like Toby Keith -- he's kinda hot. And I love to listen to him talk. Rodney Carrington is one of the funniest, most talented people out there. And for both of them to be a in movie together -- I was pleased. I laughed my butt off at some of the gags.I think my favorite part, however, was Ted Nugent as Skunk. As a fellow reviewer pointed out, it was hilariously ironic at that one of entertainment's most opinionated souls, "Talks when he has something to say," as Rack put it. Genius!
A nice story told with gags
posted on 23 Aug 2008I like Beer for My Horses. The writing is very formula-driven. Rodney Carrington plays like he is Barney Fife in Mayberry; there are other Andy Griffith Show touches. Toby Keith smiles a lot; he doesn't convey much acting, but his droll demeanor provides a nice straight guy to the sight gags and Country star cameos.The setting is a small town, the topics are small town, and you find more likable people strolling through the story than you could imagine.But the story is nice. Warm, even. I didn't watch a story, so much as watch Rodney Carrington and Toby Keith making a story. Kind of like an extended comedy routine, rather than a movie comedy. But the experience is enjoyable.And I *want* to learn about Snake's sling.
B4My Horses has some very, very funny moments
posted on 17 Aug 2008and Toby Keith's acting just gets better and better. I won't spoil some of the highlights, but if you go with it, you'll really enjoy.It's definitely a 'buddy' road trip movie, that also catches the better side of good ol boy humor. Speaking from a very liberal northern perspective, it's the slow-talking set of idioms that sometimes makes us go 'huh?' but is done very well here.There are some lines that are amateurish and kind of dopey, but not that many. He's doing better and better, and is fun to watch, not just because he's very good looking but he's a natural on the screen.Go see it.
OK I guess, but not that great
posted on 15 Jul 2009This movie is OK for passive entertainment but I wouldn't make any special effort to go out & rent it. It was written by Toby Keith and Rodney Carrington, and I guess is pretty good for a first try at movie script writing. However, the comedy is lacking and you can tell that what little there is was written by Rodney. There could have been more laughs.The acting is not that great. Toby Keith should stick to country music and not trying to act. He did OK some of the time, but others it seemed like he was phoning it in. Rodney did a pretty good job with comic relief, but he's funnier on stage than he is in this movie. Most of the rest of the big-name cast did OK, but the unknowns were about sub-par.Maybe if I were a fan of country music I'd have rated it higher, but it just doesn't cut it for quality entertainment. But if you want to waste a couple hours, I guess this movie would do all right. However, there are many better movies to choose from. This is a movie I don't care if I ever see again.