| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"Roaming the Old West with old hands like Robert Duvall and Kevin Costner is always worthwhile." more... |
B |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"... an imperfect but deeply involving and beautifully made Western..." more... |
A- |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...such a strange mix of the grand and the hackneyed that it never really gets its bearings..." more... |
B- |
Cincinnati Enquirer
Margaret A. McGurk |
"...delivers engrossing entertainment, and stunning natural eye candy." more... |
B |
| E! Online |
"...Duvall's acerbic wit comes through at just the right moments." more... |
B |
filmcritic.com
Blake French |
"...almost too old-fashioned for its own good." more... |
C- |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"...in spite of its portentousness, the film does engage one." more... |
B- |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...a solidly crafted and entertaining old-school western..." more... |
B |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"...not altogether terrible..." more... |
C- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"This is a great two-hour motion picture. Unfortunately, it runs 20 minutes longer than that." more... |
B |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...this purty but shallow Western gets a few things right." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"It's a movie of beauty and sensitivity, and tedium and absurdity." more... |
C |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"It's a gorgeously atmospheric, perfectly cast, beautifully crafted oater of the old school..." more... |
A- |
USA Today
Mike Clark |
"An authentic old-fashioned epic likely to generate rooting interest from moviegoing traditionalists..." more... |
B- |
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