A second look at Cimino's 1981 epic Western suggests that it has some merits and certainly is not the total catastrophe some critics consider it to be.
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07/10/09
Heaven's Gate (1980)
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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:9
Rotten:11
Average Rating:5/10
Theatrical Release:Oct 8, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: An epic post-Vietnam look at the Western genre and the exploitation of immigrant settlers, HEAVEN'S GATE is based on the historical 1890s Johnson County War incident in Wyoming. Visually remarkable... [More]
Starring: Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, Isabelle Huppert, John Hurt
Director: Michael Cimino
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Reviews for Heaven's Gate
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07/22/08
Top CriticIf you can get past its self-indulgences, somewhat ineffectual action scenes and other structural flaws in its filmmaking, it's really quite a remarkable film.
03/05/06
Maybe not the masterpiece Cimino intended, but in its 219-minute version Heaven's Gate is a very good Western, and not nearly the disaster some have unfairly labeled it.
02/15/06
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02/09/06
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03/30/05
This movie is $36 million thrown to the winds. It is the most scandalous cinematic waste I have ever seen, and remember, I've seen Paint Your Wagon.
10/23/04
Top Critichas considerable curiosity value... as an important piece of contemporary film history and as an example of how a filmmaker got it so wrong by trying so hard to get it right.
10/11/04
A great movie which did not deserve the lousy reputation heaped on it by vituperative critics.
10/07/04
The lie of frontier idealism is debunked, and Vilmos Zsigmond's mistily gorgeous cinematography is virtually an act of mourning in and of itself.
10/06/04
Top CriticHeaven's Gate' is something quite rare in movies these days -- an unqualified disaster.
08/30/04
Top CriticIt is sensitive and it is condescending. It has enormous ambition and winds up with nothing to say. Eventually, it’s just sadly exhausting.
04/18/04
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01/30/04
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09/02/03
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08/22/03
No review available.
11/18/02
Such attention to detail cannot overcome the impatience audiences will feel with this overlong film.
06/05/02
Top CriticBecause of its ambition, the film is sometimes sloppy, but that sloppiness is forgivable because it’s the exalted, compelling kind.
03/31/02
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