Deeply in love with its own eccentricity, this grab bag of corrupt politicians and flim-flam operators is a fatuous blend of sentimentality and social satire.
A hosiery salesman (Bob Hoskins) cooks up a novel way of improving business: He takes to calling himself Brother Edgar of the fictitious Order of St. Mortimer and uses the suggestion of sanctitiy to sell socks at tractor pulls and country fairs. Crisscrossing the Southwest with illegal alien apprentice Morales Pitman (Antonio Banderas) in tow, Brother Edgar has the misfortune to be held up by a serial killer called the White River Kid (Wes Bentley). Curiously, he feels a certain kinship with the young outlaw a...
Released:
2001
Rated:
PG
Length:
99 mins