Director and writer John Lee Hancock avoids most of the bombast and showy display of the 1960 John Wayne film.
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04/09/04
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Reviews Counted:151
Fresh:46
Rotten:105
Average Rating:5/10
Consensus: Too conventional and uninvolving to be memorable.
Theatrical Release:Apr 9, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $22,367,675
Synopsis: An epic that evokes films such as HOW THE WEST WAS WON and DANCES WITH WOLVES, THE ALAMO details the key 1863 battle fought to win Texas from the Mexican government. Originally constructed as a... [More]
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric, Patrick Wilson, Emilio Echevarria
Director: John Lee Hancock, John Sayles
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04/24/04
Remembering this Alamo is a lot easier with the fiddle in the capable hands of Billy Bob.
06/29/04
[Hancock's] Alamo may be flawed, but it tells a tale that still has the power to stir our souls.
04/09/04
Top Critic... worth remembering, even if it's never as unforgettable as the battle, and the people, who inspired it.
04/09/04
Disney’s latest epic is a solid, entertaining film – even if it adds nothing all that interesting to the legend of the Alamo.
04/08/04
A superlative character-driven epic that honors both the varied truths and the varied myths surrounding a battle that pitted less than 300 Texans and Tejanos against General Antonio López de Santa Anna and several thousand Mexican troops.
04/08/04
Top CriticThe Alamo wants to wring the mythology out of its famous story, and I can't think of a better way than casting Bad Santa as Davy Crockett.
04/09/04
Yes, a lot of The Alamo is chauvinistic hokum. But what entertaining hokum it is!
04/08/04
Top CriticDespite much that's engrossing, the film falls short of a hoped-for epic stature.
04/09/04
Alamo buffs will be delighted, and everyone else will be treated to something that feels like Old Hollywood crossed with new sensibilities.
04/09/04
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09/04/04
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04/15/04
More intellectually rewarding than emotionally satisfying.
04/08/04
Hancock's film immediately and emotionally establishes itself as the definitive version.
04/09/04
it hits enough true notes to elevate it above the usual patriotic flag waving renditions
04/14/04
While the battle scenes Hancock conducts are symphonic in their concussive confusion and chaos, it's in the characterization that the film achieves some gravitas.
04/08/04
Top CriticHancock keeps what could have been a leaden behemoth accessible and engaging by drawing a bead on the personalities of the men who've loomed over history books, warts and all.
04/23/04
While it's not John Wayne caliber, it'll satisfy anyone looking for a sugar-coated history lesson.
04/08/04
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