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The Alamo   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews   Critics Reviews User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   The Critics: C+ 14 reviews Start Rating Movies Now! Sign In or sign up Yahoo! Users: B- 6809 ratings  User Reviews (796 reviews) Write your own review Sort by:  Most HelpfulMost RecentHighest GradeLowest Grade Previous   |  1-10 of 796  |   Next   Overall Grade: B Story: C Acting: B+ Direction: B Visuals: A- An Ending To Remember by Yahoo! Movies User (movies profile) (Feb 19, 2008) 88 of 101 people found this review helpful "The Alamo" is, admittedly, a little slow at getting its feet. But at about halfway through its 2 hour and 17 minute running length, it really finds its bearings and deli... Full Review Overall Grade: B Story: A- Acting: B Direction: B+ Visuals: B 21st Century Spaghetti Western by RichardK (movies profile) (Feb 25, 2006) 49 of 57 people found this review helpful Here is an honest review seen through the eyes of a Texas history teacher and former student of Dr. Hardin (history channel documentaries commentator). I am an avid Alamo... Full Review Overall Grade: B- Story: N/A Acting: N/A Direction: N/A Visuals: N/A Billy Bob rules (as usual) by markd (movies profile) (Nov 5, 2005) 72 of 104 people found this review helpful The Alamo is a great story worth telling, and the acting talent was there to put it all together. The problem with the Alamo was the direction. In Master and Commander y... Full Review Overall Grade: A- Story: N/A Acting: N/A Direction: N/A Visuals: N/A History buffs and Texans will love this movie! by Debbie (movies profile) (Nov 4, 2006) 47 of 59 people found this review helpful I grew up in TX and took three different TX History classes, so I was ready for this one! I have to say, that overall, they got the story right. There were a few Hollyw... Full Review Overall Grade: D Story: C Acting: B- Direction: C- Visuals: D+ I won't remember The Alamo.... by RockyM (movies profile) (Nov 4, 2006) 40 of 48 people found this review helpful This a loooong drawn-out film that takes forever to get to what we all wanted to see. You are forced to listen to speech after speech and story after story about each cha... Full Review Overall Grade: B+ Story: A Acting: B+ Direction: B Visuals: B Negative comments I've read unwarranted... by Rob S (movies profile) (Feb 16, 2007) 32 of 39 people found this review helpful Having read both the professional and amateur reviews, I was expecting to be disappointed. In fact, the reviews here almost kept me away. So, I was pleasantly surprised... Full Review Overall Grade: A- Story: N/A Acting: N/A Direction: N/A Visuals: N/A Unsentimental and stirring by __A_YAHOO_USER__ (movies profile) (Jul 14, 2005) 23 of 27 people found this review helpful I have to say from reading some of these reviews, I expected a little cheese. I was worried that this movie would be corny and make me cringe in parts a-la "The Patriot".... Full Review Overall Grade: B+ Story: A Acting: B+ Direction: B+ Visuals: A+ Fantastic! Closer to what really happened. by EvartO (movies profile) (Mar 10, 2005) 27 of 40 people found this review helpful I really enjoyed it. I'm from Texas, and I'm very proud of the Alamo. However, I realize that most of what I learned of the battle while growing up is more myth than tr... Full Review Overall Grade: A+ Story: N/A Acting: N/A Direction: N/A Visuals: N/A Never before seen kind of awesome! by Yahoo! Movies User (movies profile) (Nov 26, 2005) 16 of 20 people found this review helpful This movie showed the intensity of what actually took place at the Alamo! I laughed I cried and I walked out of the theater in complete astonishment! This is a must see m... Full Review Overall Grade: C Story: N/A Acting: N/A Direction: N/A Visuals: N/A Remember the Alamo, but not the movie by Brandon F (movies profile) (Jul 14, 2005) 41 of 71 people found this review helpful The Alamo, a film by John Lee Hancock, starring Dennis Quaid, Jason Patric, Billy Bob Thorton, and Patrick Wilson has all the ingredients of being the best film of 2004.... Full Review Previous   |  1-10 of 796  |   Next