Cimarron (1931)
46 %
Reviews Counted: 13 Fresh: 6 Rotten:7 Average Rating: 5.5/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins
Synopsis:
The 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. Remade in 1960.... [More]
Genre: Westerns
Starring: Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor, Nance O'Neil, William Collier
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Screenwriter: Howard Estabrook
Producer: William LeBaron
Composer: Max Steiner
Screenwriter: Howard Estabrook
Producer: William LeBaron
Composer: Max Steiner
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This is a spectacular western away from all others. It holds action, sentiment, sympathy, thrills and comedy -- and 100% clean.
01/28/08 03:47 PM
Top Critic Consistently dull, this old western tale is highlighted by an endearing debut performance by Irene Dunne.
10/05/06 06:59 AM
Top Critic
Too bad the rest of the film doesn't measure up to the opening.
02/16/06 03:16 AM
Inexplicably winning Best Picture, Cimarron is one of three Westerns (Dances With Wolves and Unforgiven are the other) to win the Oscar. The Academy also honored the screnplay and set decoration, and nominated actors Richard Dix and Irene Dunne.
12/12/05 11:01 AM
The competition for Best Picture was particularly weak the year Cimarron won.
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07/04/05 08:47 PM
There's a reason Wesley Ruggles' movies aren't often revived and this is one of them.
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01/21/04 12:18 PM
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.
07/13/03 04:16 PM
For pure history, this is a must, but it's laughable at times because of its overwrought machismo and intense over-acting.
06/13/02 12:26 AM
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