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Average Rating: Rating: - An Epic As Big As The West Continues! I have seen all the Lonesome Dove movies and although this one is a spin-off from the others, it's still is a great story. Jon Voight plays a very convincing Capt. Call considering what he had to follow up to. I still would have liked to seen him lose his temper and beat somebody up who acted rude. (I mean who can top Tommy Lee Jones's performance?) This film like the others, really portrayed the harshness of the western frontier and the tough men who had to shape it. Although Barbara Hershey wasn't the plainswomen that Anjelica Houston was, her role was admirable as well. I found it fitting that in the end, Call did reveal his paternity to Newt and Newt had to go off on his own to find his dream. Great plot, good bad guys, and a fitting ending make Return To Lonesome Dove a must see for any Lonesome Dove fan. Rating: - Nice sequel to the original miniseries! Our entire family really enjoyed this video. It picks up elements of the original Lonesome Dove book that are missing from the first miniseries. Jon Voight does a good job as Woodrow Call - still emotionally repressed, but a little more chatty than the Tommy Lee Jones interpretation. It is always an adventure to watch him find a new way to "not feel". Rick Schroeder, now on NYPD Blue, is great as Newt. We also get to see more of July Johnson, who was such a sweet character that didn't get much attention in the original miniseries. We don't think you'll be disappointed with this one. Rating: - McMurtry had nothing to do with this one, and it shows. "Return to Lonesome Dove," the Lonesome Dove sequel NOT written by Larry McMurtry, at least offers us one thing McMurtry cheated us out of: a scene in which Woodrow Call finally accepts Newt Dobbs as his son. Coming at the very end of the story, the scene is beautifully written and played to absolute perfection by Jon Voight and Rick Schroder. Unfortunately, there's an awful lot that comes before this moment, and not much of it is particularly fresh or interesting. This movie begins where the first Lonesome Dove left us, with Call in Texas and everyone else in Montana. It spends an inordinate amount of time getting everyone back together, and very little time showing interaction between the characters--Call, Newt, Clara, July Johnson, etc.--that we really care about. Much of the action is a tired rehash of what McMurtry gave us in the original story. A lot of new characters are invented for this movie, and although they're played mostly by first-rate actors--William Petersen, Louis Gossett Jr., Oliver Reed, Reese Witherspoon--they simply lack the fascination and authenticity of the characters created by McMurtry himself. The worst is Nia Peeples as Agostina Vega, the illegitimate daughter of the late Gus McCrae. Everyone keeps talking about how much Agostina looks and acts like Gus. But not only is Nia Peeples nothing like Robert Duvall, she is at best a mediocre actress. There are some good performances here--particularly by Schroder as the sweet-souled, lovable Newt--but also a lot of boring stretches between the good parts.

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