Little Big Man (1970)
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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:23
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.9/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 29 mins
Genre: Westerns
Synopsis: LITTLE BIG MAN was significant when it was made because of its editing, which was still being explored in Hollywood at the time as a vehicle for innovative, simple storytelling. Arthur Penn's... [More]
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Martin Balsam, Faye Dunaway, Richard Mulligan
Director: Arthur Penn
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Reviews for Little Big Man
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Might it be a serious attempt to right some unretrievable wrong via gallows humor which avoids the polemics? This seems to be the course taken; the attempt at least can be respected in theory. Full Review |
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Penn seems to have little feel for the Western genre, but despite that the amazing thing is that this mock epic Western came out as well as it did. Full Review |
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An endlessly entertaining attempt to spin an epic in the form of a yarn. Full Review |
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This outraged reconfiguration of an all-American genre may be set in the Wild West, but it's also very much a bulletin of its time. Full Review |
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Easily one of the most entertaining (and presently overlooked) Westerns of the early 1970s. Full Review |
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A picaresque masterpiece about an inimitable American anti-hero whose wild adventures are delivered into our hearts and minds with the robust vitalities of comedy. Full Review |
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truly magical movie that works well Full Review |
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'Sometimes,' says Old Lodge Skins, 'the magic works; sometimes it doesn't.' This time, in this movie, it works. Full Review |
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4/4 |
One of the great films of the early 70s. Full Review |
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