Cowboys: Slim Pickin's

About This Movie

So, 'Cowboys: Slim Pickin's' is really something else. Phil Mulloy’s animation style brings this gritty, absurd humor that feels like a fever dream of the Wild West, if that fever was fueled by beer and a sense of irreverence. The tone is raucous, with these outrageous stories told in a kind of bro-ish, one-upmanship way that can shock you. You’ve got all sorts of taboos being pushed, like bestiality and just general debauchery, wrapped up in this cartoon aesthetic. It's not your typical Western – the pacing is brisk, and it doesn’t shy away from the darker sides of cowboy culture. You can’t help but appreciate how Mulloy uses animation to deliver such raw, bizarre commentary on masculinity and crude humor.

Unconventional humorExperimental animationDark thematic elements