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Title: Should have been better.
Review: For nearly 80 minutes, Two Mules for Sister Sara is an enjoyable and decent Comedy/Western that is ruined by a plot twist that pretty much negates the interesting development of all that came before it. It's almost as if though director Don Siegel and the screenwriter wanted to take the easy way out.Then, there's the climax, which features a violent and long battle sequence that is actually very impressively choreographed. So, why would I complain about it? Probably because it feels quite out of tone with the material before it. It's more like a sequence I would expect from one of Clint Eastwood's more bleak Westerns, like his Spaghetti trilogy. Still, this sequence isn't anywhere as much a betrayal to the film as the "twist."As for the performances, both Eastwood and Shirly MacLaine are good. Eastwood is as enjoyable to watch as ever and gets some good laughs.
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