Bite the Bullet Reviews
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
I wish I had a bullet to chew down on to kill the pain this pic gave me.
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| Original Score: C
In spite of all the care, the money and the hardships that apparently went into its production, the movie looks prefabricated, like something assembled from other people's earlier, better inspirations.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Time Out
Top CriticAny random thought ever committed to paper about the intrinsic 'messages' of the Western genre here turns up as a line of speechifying dialogue: the result is a folly stultified by its own seriousness.
A finely crafted, epic Western about a cross-country horseback endurance race.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
An excellent, literate action drama probing the diverse motivations of participants in an endurance horse race.
Spirituality and Practice
Offers a fresh twist on winning out and gives us pause to think about our way of being in the world
Video-Reviewmaster.com
Unusual, big budget western concerning horse race to deathly finish.
| Original Score: 4/5
Apollo Guide
Bite the Bullet may be many things, but boring it's not.
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| Original Score: 88/100
Film4
The result is that the film's message about sportsmanship decency becomes thoroughly anodyne. Entertaining nevertheless.
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Spendid period piece about an endurance horse race.
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| Original Score: 3/4
