All three arrive at the cache at the same time. Who gets it? Director Leone doesn't seem to care very much, and after 161 minutes of mayhem, audiences aren't likely to either.
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08/11/08
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
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Reviews Counted:58
Fresh:57
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.8/10
Consensus: Arguably the greatest of the spaghetti westerns, this epic features a compelling story, memorable performances, breathtaking landscapes, and a haunting score.
Runtime: 2 hrs 59 mins
Genre: Westerns
Synopsis: Blondie (Clint Eastwood) and Tuco (Eli Wallach) are gunmen who admire each other professionally but dislike each other personally. Encountering a group of dying soldiers, Tuco learns the location... [More]
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Mario Brega
Director: Sergio Leone
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Reviews for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Though ordained from the beginning, the three-way showdown that climaxes the film is tense and thoroughly astonishing.
03/28/07
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08/22/03
The definitive spaghetti western.
08/29/06
Sergio Leone's masterpiece is as enduring as the scorched desert in which it is filmed. Also receives props for most effective use of whistling ever.
08/01/08
No review available.
03/09/04
profound
04/03/04
Town streets stretch wider than eight-lane freeways, gargoyle-faced henchmen lurk behind every tumbleweed, and Ennio Morricone's majestic electric coyote score rules over all.
01/21/05
Leone also endows the film with a clever visual style. His sense of scale is especially inspired.
06/08/08
No review available.
08/29/03
The movie that solidified Eastwood's iconography. Leone's dazzling Techniscope cinematics far surpass the familiar plot.
07/27/02
Leone's blockbuster is balanced on the razor's edge between popular entertainment and art film. It took classic American themes and turned them inside out.
09/11/03
May lose some of its jolt on the small screen, but this flick features some of Clint Eastwood's and Sergio Leone's finest moments.
02/02/03
...while the film is seriously overlong, there are enough elements here to hold the interest of even the most impatient viewer.
08/21/04
It still looks a treat and a bold and largely successful attempt to recast the traditions of the genre in a new, sometimes critical, almost operatic way.
08/01/08
Morricone's soundtrack is one the most powerful in the history cinema and it alone is the reason why this film should be so highly appreciated.
01/01/00
One of the most compelling validations of the western genre’s most elemental touchstones.
05/17/04
No review available.
03/29/04
Sergio Leone's epic looks good, almost great, restored to its original running time.
06/08/04
Top CriticNo review available.
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