Well-intentioned and heartfelt, Cowboys ultimately takes on too many genres and tones, which leaves it feeling slightly misdirected.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 11, 2024

Joe’s backstory allows Cowboys to explore the difficulty of being young and trans, but never in a way that feels exploitative.

| Jun 5, 2024

Cowboys can be heartbreaking, but it also feels fitting for the times.

| Sep 27, 2022

This is, above all else, a character piece, and Kerrigan demonstrates a real knack for creating believable, full-bodied human beings, portrayed by an ensemble of fantastic actors.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 22, 2022

The film is made with such obvious love that it's hard to feel churlish, and it ends with Kerrigan beautifully threading a tricky needle: The hard part of Joe's life is far from over, but this experience has made him stronger.

| Original Score: 7/10 | May 10, 2022

Anna Kerrigan immediately becomes a voice to watch with Cowboys being a wonderful start for what seems to be a promising career.

| Feb 22, 2022

Writer-director Anna Kerrigan's thought-provoking, character-driven drama Cowboys benefits from a standout cast...

| Nov 9, 2021

The fresh air cinematography is simply breathtaking...

| Nov 9, 2021

Writer/director Anna Kerrigan's well-acted drama is as much about parents embracing children for who they are as about children understanding and accepting the flaws of well-meaning parents.

| Nov 9, 2021

Writer/director Anna Kerrigan brings a fresh story of familial love and fear.

| Nov 9, 2021

Knight, Zahn, and Bell all give excellent, empathetic performances...

| Nov 9, 2021

In lesser hands, Cowboys might have been sentimental and self-important; Kerrigan and the solid cast infuse it with authenticity and humanity.

| Nov 9, 2021

The effect is to pitch the vastness of nature against the sometimes tinyness of the lives we create. It sounds heavy, but it is light and lovely. And Zahn is fabulous.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 20, 2021

[Cowboys is] content to coddle viewers with light didacticism and heavy sentimentalism.

| Jun 6, 2021

There are none of the antiquated tropes of cowboy films here: no burgeoning egos and no triumphant finales - only raw emotions.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 19, 2021

An unconventional buddy Western that explores multiple themes with grace and heart.

| May 18, 2021

Gets by on goodwill and a passion for compromised Americana. Only a lowdown dirty heel would cuss it out.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 15, 2021

Spectacular Montana landscapes add natural beauty to this modern-day Western, which takes on complex issues with sensitivity and big-hearted humour.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 13, 2021

Low-key in all the ways it needed to be. But I laughed, I cried and I really enjoyed it.

| May 10, 2021

Comic actors Steve Zahn and Jillian Bell are uncharacteristically earnest in this achingly well-intentioned but thuddingly heavy-handed family drama.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 9, 2021