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Cimarron (1931)

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Reviews Counted: 14

Fresh: 7

Rotten:7

Average Rating: 5.6/10

Consensus: Supported by a strong performance from Irene Dunne, but uneven in basically every other regard, and riddled with potentially offensive stereotypes.

Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins

Genre: Westerns

Synopsis: The Oscar winner for Best Picture of 1931 chronicles one family's experiences in the restless days of settling the American West. Adapted from Edna Ferber's sweeping novel, the story tracks the... The Oscar winner for Best Picture of 1931 chronicles one family's experiences in the restless days of settling the American West. Adapted from Edna Ferber's sweeping novel, the story tracks the growth of an Oklahoma town and the homesteaders who came there from the 1890s through the 1920s. CIMARRON was remade in 1960. [More]

Starring: Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor, Nance O'Neil

Starring: Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor, Nance O'Neil, William Collier, Roscoe Ates, George E. Stone, Stanley Fields, Edna May Oliver, Robert McWade, Frank Darien

Director: Wesley Ruggles

Director: Wesley Ruggles
Screenwriter: Howard Estabrook
Producer: William LeBaron
Composer: Max Steiner

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Jan 31, 2006

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  • Cimarron (1931)
  • Spaces were neither wide nor open in most early Sound Westerns. Not so in Cimarron. It starts with one of the most renowned giddy-ups in cinema history: a thundering recreation of the 1889 Oklahoma Land Rush.
  • From there Cimarron, based on the bestselling epic by Giant and Show Boat novelist Edna Ferber, traces the generations-spanning saga of that land. There rugged Yancey Cravat (Richard Dix) and his resourceful pioneer wife Sabra (Irene Dunne) sink roots, persevere, give shape to their dreams. It's a saga of change, told with an authenticity that moviegoers who had lived through that era recognized - and told with a skill that earned it three Academy Awards * including Best Picture!
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    It is a long, full-bodied picture, paced so deftly that although it covers more than half a century of crowded, changing events, it never drags and is rarely jerky.

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    02/17/09
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    The first western to win an Oscar for Best Picture.

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    03/16/08
    Dennis Schwartz
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    This is a spectacular western away from all others. It holds action, sentiment, sympathy, thrills and comedy -- and 100% clean.

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    01/28/08
    Variety Staff
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    It holds up surprisingly well today.

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    12/12/06
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    Consistently dull, this old western tale is highlighted by an endearing debut performance by Irene Dunne.

    Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | comment Comment
    10/05/06
    Wesley Lovell
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    A graphic and engrossing screen conception.

    Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
    03/25/06
    Mordaunt Hall
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    Too bad the rest of the film doesn't measure up to the opening.

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    02/16/06
    Christopher Null
    Filmcritic.com

    Inexplicably winning Best Picture, Cimarron is one of 3 Westerns (Dances With Wolves and Unforgiven are the other two) to win the Oscar. The Academy also honored the screnplay and set decoration, and nominated actors Richard Dix and Irene Dunne.

    Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
    12/12/05
    Emanuel Levy
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    The competition for Best Picture was particularly weak the year Cimarron won.

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    07/04/05
    Emanuel Levy
    EmanuelLevy.Com

    There's a reason Wesley Ruggles' movies aren't often revived and this is one of them.

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    01/21/04
    Ken Hanke
    Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    Taken by itself, as a film, without moral conundrums, it’s actually a fairly engaging yarn. However -- and this is a HUGE however -- it’s incredibly racist in its stereotyping of all sorts of people.

    Full Review Source: Matt's Movie Reviews | comment Comment
    07/13/03
    Matt Easterbrook
    Matt's Movie Reviews

    An early talkie, it now looks very dated.

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    05/24/03
    Channel 4 Film
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    Maybe the most undeserving Best Picture winner ever.

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    08/13/02
    John Urbancich
    Sun Newspapers of Cleveland

    For pure history, this is a must, but it's laughable at times because of its overwrought machismo and intense over-acting.

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    06/13/02
    Michael Szymanski
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