Johnny Guitar Reviews

One of Nicholas Ray's best films, the garish, full-color Freudian Western is an amazing, weird movie that's not easy to get the first time around.

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Rich, creative Western with much to say about politics and gender.

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...manages to be both a serious critique of McCarthyism and a camp classic...

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10

A politically subversive Western, made during the McCarthy era, Nicholas Ray's cult movie offers two strong roles for women, Joan Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge, who may be latently lesbian.

Full Review | Original Score: A-

This 1954 Freudian Western is one of the all-time left-field wonders of the studio system, a film so subversive it's a wonder it ever got made.

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A pop-culture madhouse dressed up in spurs and a cowboy hat

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5

Like the other great American films of the 50's, Johnny Guitar breaks through the mold.

Full Review | Original Score: 81/100

Bizarre, unforgettable Nicholas Ray western that ends in two women shootout!

| Original Score: 5/5

Quite possibly the weirdest Western ever made by a mainstream studio in the 1950s... I flat-out loved this movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 10/10

| Original Score: 5/5

It's about time it was acclaimed for it what it really is: a genuine western film classic.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4

Ray's film is not a romantic comedy, but a Western. Or is it?

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| Original Score: 5/5

| Original Score: 5/5

| Original Score: 3/5

| Original Score: 4/5

| Original Score: 4/5

| Original Score: 5/5

For all its slightly tatty sets and off-the-mark decor, the film abounds in wonderful lines and acting that doesn't betray them.

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| Original Score: 4/5

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