3:10 to Yuma (2007)

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Nothing terribly original happens in this remake of a 1957 semi-classic that starred Glenn Ford and Van Heflin, but everything happens smoothly and with grace.

October 18, 2008 Full Review

Bob Mondello

NPR.org

Top Critic

Having the chutzpah to make a straightforward, unself-aware oater feels downright revolutionary. Whether that's enough to justify this enterprise, however, is debatable.

January 18, 2008 Full Review

David Fear

Time Out New York

Top Critic

Mangold's film is more than sufficiently subtexty and cynical for our modern sensibilities while simultaneously embracing Mangold's obvious pleasure in the Westerns' time-honored swinging saloon doors and stern masculine traditions.

January 8, 2008 Full Review

Mark Bourne

Film.com

Top Critic

The two leads' sparking byplay, Crowe's addled cockiness versus Bale's nervy grit, would grace any surroundings, but it's a pleasure to revisit the frontier in a drama which feels far more vital than mere nostalgic homage.

September 14, 2007 Full Review

Trevor Johnston

Time Out

Top Critic

James Mangold's expert and entertaining 3:10 to Yuma demonstrates both the Western's age-old appeal, and the problems it presents to a contemporary filmmaker.

September 11, 2007 Full Review

Tom Charity

CNN.com

Top Critic

The editing is tense and there's mucho splatter but the climax is unforgivable for reasons I can't spell out -- and owes something to a recent picture I can't name.

September 10, 2007 Full Review

David Edelstein

New York Magazine

Top Critic

Elevated above the usual fare by an engaging and complex relationship between its two stars, 3:10 To Yuma would be a thoroughly entertaining two hours whatever the genre - the Western setting is almost a bonus.

November 3, 2012 Full Review

Ali Gray

TheShiznit.co.uk

The real thrill of the film lies in watching these two men, sat on various sides of the moral fence, gradually converge and respect each other.

July 14, 2011 Full Review

Ben Rawson-Jones

Digital Spy

3:10 to Yuma is as heavy on character as it sounds like it should be ... and still a rip-roaring adventure around it; until it all gets away from director James Mangold in a crashing heap of unlikely motivation and flawed decisions.

March 3, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Joshua Starnes

ComingSoon.net

Director James Mangold amps up the blood and thunder without sacrificing the moral complexity of Elmore Leonard's original short story.

August 11, 2010 Full Review

Kelly Vance

East Bay Express

3:10 to Yuma confirms that the western is alive and kicking with a vengeance.

July 6, 2010 Full Review

Matthew Pejkovic

Matt's Movie Reviews

Bale and Crowe are superlative, but Mangold's rote, banal expansion never quickens the pulse.

July 6, 2010 Full Review

Brett Michel

Boston Phoenix

It is part of the richness of 3.10 to Yuma that this is a classical piece of storytelling with themes and characters that can be found in the very earliest Westerns.

July 6, 2010 Full Review

Geoffrey Macnab

Sight and Sound

Mangold's direction is effective, if unobtrusive, and the dusty deserts of the American west continue to provide a cinematic palette that fails to run dry.

June 9, 2010 Full Review

Ian Buckwalter

DCist

Gives "solid craftsmanship" a dreary name

August 27, 2009 Full Review

Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Pays homage to the classic Western by staying true to genre conventions, but does so with a fresh set of eyes that gives the film a welcome place in a modern multiplex.

August 1, 2009 Full Review

Anders Wotzke

Moviedex

Fifty years have elapsed since 3:10 to Yuma last pulled into the station, but, man, the return trip is worth the wait.

July 24, 2009 Full Review

Mike Scott

Times-Picayune

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July 15, 2009 Full Review

Dragan Antulov

Index.hr

First 1.5 hours are slow, preposterously scripted, and short of powerful dialogue. I liked the ending though.

June 18, 2009 Full Review | Comments (9)

Ross Anthony

Hollywood Report Card

3:10 to Yuma is a big, brawling action-adventure with strong psychological elements. The original 3:10 to Yuma, with Glenn Ford and Van Heflin, directed by Delmer Daves, was a psychological western, and the present version expands on that.

February 2, 2009 Full Review

Tony Macklin

Fayetteville Free Weekly

El director James Mangold (...) exhibe una gran destreza para mover el asunto con nervio, suspenso y tensión, contando con dos muy buenas actuaciones de Bale y Crowe.

November 20, 2008 Full Review

Enrique Buchichio

Uruguay Total

In the end, what makes 3:10 to Yuma work despite a rather preposterous final act, is that it refuses to see anything in terms of moral simplicity, despite the presence of black and white hats.

October 18, 2008 Full Review

James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

• 1. Dan Evans: Now, I'm tired, Alice. I'm tired of watching my boys go hungry. I'm tired of the way they look at me. I'm tired of the way that you don't.
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• 1. Ben Wade: Y'all spared no expense this time, Byron. Gotta say, though. It would've been cheaper just to let me rob the damn thing.
  – Submitted by Jared B (10 months ago)
• 1. Doc Potter: It's nice to have a conversation with a patient for a change.
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• 1. Ben Wade: Be careful with that thing. That gun's got a curse on it.
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• 1. Ben Wade: I've always liked you Byron, but you never know when to shut up. Even bad men love their mommas.
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• 1. Charlie Prince: I hate posses.
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