The Alamo (2004)
Average Rating: 5/10
Reviews Counted: 155
Fresh: 46 | Rotten: 109
Too conventional and uninvolving to be memorable.
Average Rating: 5.3/10
Critic Reviews: 38
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 26
Too conventional and uninvolving to be memorable.
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Re-teaming Dennis Quaid with John Lee Hancock, the director of 2002's The Rookie, The Alamo retells the story of the historic 1836 battle in the Texan War of Independence. Facing 4,000 Mexican troops, 186 Texan soldiers and volunteers -- including William Travis (Patrick Wilson), Davy Crockett (Billy Bob Thornton), and Jim Bowie (Jason Patric) -- retreat within the walls of the Alamo, a Franciscan mission that was converted into a military fort. Once inside, the men prepare themselves for what
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Billy Bob Thornton
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Jason Patric
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Emilio Echeverria
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Marc Blucas
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Leon Rippy
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Matt O'Leary
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Tom Everett
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Afemo Omilami
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All Critics (165) | Top Critics (41) | Fresh (48) | Rotten (112) | DVD (25)
It's dull, talky, and sometimes maudlin.
Top CriticThanks to the skills of director and co-screenwriter John Lee Hancock and a deep cast of reliable veterans, this is an authentic and rousing version of the most famous battle in Texas history.
Absorbing yet ever-so-slightly jaundiced retelling.
With the notable exception of Thornton's Crockett, none of these characters engages you.
Although handsomely mounted, and boasting some historically immaculate dressing and impressive battle sequences, it's a movie that ultimately can't convincingly get behind the idea of sacrifice.
It may be history, but it's too meticulous to be believable.
Doesn't work despite Thornton's top performance.
This dog of a movie confirms that in 1836 Texas was stolen from Mexico by a bunch of opportunistic bastards whose descendants went on to use similarly underhanded methods to steal the office of the White House in 2000.
There are great moments, though it's ultimately a lightweight film and certainly not an Oscar contender.
Not even good sets, plenty of historical detail, and Billy Bob Thornton can put life into director John Lee Hancock's slow-moving, poorly acted Texan saga.
Com exceção das performances de Thornton e Quaid, o filme traz caracterizações estereotipadas e freqüentemente se entrega ao sentimentalismo barato.
Laborious mush.
But is this 'Alamo' the definitive version? No, this is no History Channel presentation.
...a mixed bag: factually accurate; occasionally rousing; just as often touching; yet curiously distant and slow.
Audience Reviews for The Alamo
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- Davy Crockett: We're going to need more men.
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- Davy Crockett: If it was just me, simple old David from Tennessee. I might drop over that wall some night and take my chances. But that Davy Crockett feller...they're all watching him.
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