Bonanza
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1959 · Western / Adventure / Drama / Family

Bonanza

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Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.

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An absolute cinematic disaster.

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.

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1959
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Western / Adventure / Drama / Family
PLOT SUMMARY

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.

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@REEL_DEAL2026-01-15 06:00 UTC

If whispered monologues were currency, Bonanza would settle the national debt.

@ROW_F_REGRET2026-01-07 16:00 UTC

Bonanza is a cinematic experience designed specifically for film students who want to feel superior at dinner parties.

@ENDING_LEAKS2026-01-18 16:00 UTC

The science in Bonanza has the same relationship to physics that I have to going to the gym: aspirational.

@SCREEN_SHADE2026-01-08 22:00 UTC

If exposition were a contact sport, Bonanza would be banned for life.

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r/flicks · u/ExpositionDump🔥 2.9k points

The cinematography in Bonanza is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows

Honestly, Bonanza would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.

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r/boxoffice · u/JumpCutJunkie🔥 1.4k points

Unpopular opinion: Bonanza is the most overrated film of the decade

Just got out of Bonanza and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.

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r/flicks · u/PracticalFX_Stan🔥 3.7k points

[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in Bonanza?

Look, I wanted to love Bonanza. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.

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r/criticalkino · u/ScriptDoctor99🔥 4.2k points

[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in Bonanza?

Director clearly thought Bonanza was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.

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