‘The Last Rodeo’ Review: Neal McDonough Anchors a Familiar but Affecting Drama About a Bull Rider’s Risky Comeback

More often than not, when you hear some movie fans of a certain age complain “They sure don’t make them like they used to,” they’re referring to, and likely wishing for, something on the order of “The Last Rodeo.” Smoothly directed by Jon Avnet (“Fried Green Tomatoes,” “Up Close & Personal”) from a script he co-wrote with lead actor Neal McDonough and Derek Presley, this thoroughly predictable but undeniably engaging faith-based drama is an inoffensively old-fashioned entertainment that, with only minor tweaking, could pass for a Walt Disney Studios release of yore.

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