Cute, quaint and quite often funny in that homegrown way, Cowboy del Amor is a charming documentary that looks at desperate, lonely men and their unlikely savior, Ivan Thompson, the "Cowboy Cupid." But what starts out—and could've just floundered—as a film chronicling the odd business of hitching American men with Mexican women (Ivan suggests they're easier to handle) quickly strikes gold in exploring the burgeoning relationship of one of his clients, Rick, and his Mexican dream girl, Francis. And though Ivan says it's the prospecting that's more thrilling than finding what you're after, Michèle Ohayon's film is saved by the rich and poignant moments she's caught on camera of love, that rarest of flowers, blossoming.
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