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The Ballad of Little Jo
Directed by
Maggie Greenwald
R
1993
2h 1m
Western
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Romance
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6.7
77%
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After being thrown out of her home, a young woman decides to disguise herself as a man to survive the ruthless Wild West.
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Cast of The Ballad of Little Jo
Suzy Amis
Jo Monaghan
Bo Hopkins
Frank Badger
Ian McKellen
Percy Corcoran
David Chung
Tinman Wong
Heather Graham
Mary Addie
René Auberjonois
Streight Hollander
Carrie Snodgress
Ruth Badger
Anthony Heald
Henry Grey
Melissa Leo
Beatrice Grey
Sam Robards
Jasper Hill
Olinda Turturro
Elvira
Ruth Maleczech
Shopkeeper
Jeffrey Andrews
Sam
Cathy Haase
Mrs. Addie
Peadair S. Addie Sr.
Mr. Addie
Irina V. Passmoore
Russian Mother
Michael Ruud
Russian Father
Sasha Pasmur
Nick - Age 14
David Ruben Plowman
Nick - Age 9
Rusty Pegar
Duke Billy
Troy Smith
Soldier #1
Keith Kamppinen
Soldier #2
Jenny Lynch
Helen Monaghan
Vince O'Neil
Amos Monaghan
Vince O'Neil
Mortician
Barbara Jean Marsh
Laundress
Robert Erickson
Wilkins
Sean Murphy
Young Henry Grey
Renee Tafoya
Woman Photographer
Richard Osterman
Traveling Judge
Karen Johnson
Farm Wife
Jaime Crabtree
Jo's Baby
Tracy Mayfield
John
Julianne Kirst
Nora Monaghan
Deborah J. Richard
Mabel
Netha Goodrich
Lucy
Becca Busch
Little Sue
Jim Dunkin
Mr. Brown
Homer Simon
Fiddler in Addie's
Eryn L. Bent
Russian Girl
Peter Plowman
Young Russian Boy
Joe Freed
Older Russian Boy
Anne Plowman
Young Russian Girl
Melissa Ladvala
Older Russian Girl
Yeugeuiy Yasyriu
Russian Father
Tom Bower
Lyle Hogg (uncredited)
Maggie Greenwald
Director / Writer
Fred Berner
Producer
Brenda Goodman
Producer
The Ballad of Little Jo Ratings & Reviews
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
Its ethereal, penetrating tenacity as it strips Western mythology to shreds and reveals its blatantly misogynistic center is striking, and the tragically haunting truthfulness of its final images is impossible to forget.
Chicago Tribune
Gene Siskel
Although Amis Isn't convincing as a man, the story still holds some power.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Pollack
The Western scenery is lovely to see, and The Ballad of Little Jo is a film with style' and grace.
New York Daily News
Dave Kehr
Writer-director Maggie Greenwald doesn't come up with many ideas beyond the obvious ironies of the plot, which is said to be based on a true story.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Cater
There's the potential for a grand movie buried in this mess, but The Ballad of Little Jo is so off-kilter that it destroys the singer and the song.
Orlando Sentinel
Jay Boyar
Aided by cinematographer Declan Quinn, [Greenwald] finds a vivid poignancy in the Western scenery that somehow seems to express the subtle shifts in mood of our brave young heroine's heart.
Arizona Republic
Bob Fenster
The Ballad of Little Jo is a unique bit of history that is undoubtedly far more credible than any nonsense Hollywood will produce about women gunslingers.
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
In The Ballad of Little Jo, Suzy Amis is nothing short of wonderful as a woman forced to pass herself off as a man in order to survive the Wild West.
Detroit Free Press
Frank Bruni
Ballad is short on tension and talk and long on landscape shots.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Greenwald takes an invigorating feminist slant on the Old West that is sure to provoke argument. More power to her.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Jeff Strickler
There's no question that Hollywood's myths about the Old West need to be reworked, but despite its good intentions, The Ballad of Little' Jo isn't the answer.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Desmond Ryan
[The film] plays very well as an engrossing and moving tale of hard, sometimes unbearable choices. It is a work that is much enriched by also playing off the entrenched myths and assumptions that have become a part of our culture and history.
Los Angeles Times
Peter Rainer
The film ends as more of a dirge than a ballad. But occasionally it casts a forlorn spell. The meaning of Jo Monaghan's life may not really emerge in this film but its mystery lingers.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
This is more skillful than inspired, with an image of the early west that seems largely borrowed from McCabe and Mrs. Miller.
Variety
Emanuel Levy
Ultimately, what makes "The Ballad of Little Jo" worthy is Amis' full-bodied performance in what may be her most challenging role to date. Always believable, Amis never makes a false move.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
It's not hard to view The Ballad of Little Jo as an allegorical critique of sex and power and men's-club values in America. In its disdain for those values, the film is as focused and cool-headed as the remarkable character whose story it tells.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The writer and director, Maggie Greenwald, wisely avoids an old-fashioned plot, and concerns herself more with the daily texture of life in the West.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Underneath the collective mediocrity ... there is something unpretentiously appealing. Perhaps it comes from what the movie is trying to be.
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
A feminist western from fringe filmmaker Maggie Greenwald, this intriguing if rough-hewn drama is as ruthless in its revisionism as "Unforgiven."
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
It's an adventurous and exciting work that shows us a great deal about pioneer women, be they outlaws in the Old West or visionaries of the New Frontier.
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