'Wild Horse Nine' Earns Standing Ovation at Venice Film Festival
Martin McDonagh’s dark comedy “Wild Horse Nine,” starring John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell, received a lengthy standing ovation during its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Critics have praised the film’s sharp dialogue and lead performances as it enters awards season contention.
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Wild Horse Nine review: Malkovich and Rockwell head to Easter Island for McDonagh’s acid bromance
Venice film festival: Two men, some violence, much freewheeling chat: so far, so standard fare from the Oscar-winning writer-director. But this time the comedy and charm can feel diluted by blood and machismo It isn’t a Martin McDonagh movie unless you’ve got two morose guys – one old, one not so old – who do nothing all the livelong day but bitch and snipe and quarrel and exchange barbed bromantic dialogue while occasionally going off on a plaintive tangent about nothing at all, incidentally...
By Peter Bradshaw in Venice
Read full article →John Malkovich Fights Back Tears During 13-Minute Venice Standing Ovation as ‘Wild Horse Nine’ Storms Into Oscar Race
In what will surely be one of the biggest standing ovations at Venice Film Festival this year, Martin McDonagh’s “Wild Horse Nine” received a thunderous 13 minutes of applause at its world premiere on Thursday night and stormed into the Oscar race. John Malkovich got emotional and McDonagh looked touched as the cheering raged on, […]
By Elskes
Read full article →‘Wild Horse Nine,’ With Sam Rockwell and John Malkovich, Gets Venice’s First Rapturous Reception of 2026
Martin McDonagh's new awards contender features a stacked cast of character actors — Sam Rockwell, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Tom Waits and Parker Posey — and is set amid the towering Moai statues of Easter Island in the 1970s.
By Patrick Brzeski
Read full article →‘Wild Horse Nine’ Gets Rapturous 14-Minute Standing Ovation At Venice World Premiere
Martin McDonagh’s first feature film in four years, Wild Horse Nine, premiered this evening at the Venice Film Festival, where it earned a rapturous 14-minute (almost 15) ovation from the audience in the festival’s Sala Grande. McDonagh, a Venice regular, was present at the screening with his lead actors, John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi […]
By Zac Ntim
Read full article →‘Wild Horse Nine’ review: black comedy caustic bromance will clean up come awards season
John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell star as a pair of shady CIA operatives who are quickly reaching the end of their tether The post ‘Wild Horse Nine’ review: black comedy caustic bromance will clean up come awards season appeared first on NME.
By Lou Thomas
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