Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:13
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7.2/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 2 mins
Genre: Westerns
Synopsis: The story of western legend Pat Garrett, once was an outlaw but now a lawman... and out to capture his old friend and gunslinger, now nemesis, Billy the Kid.
Starring: Kris Kristofferson, James Coburn, Bob Dylan, Katy Jurado
Director: Sam Peckinpah
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Reviews for Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
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It's one of the great tragic true stories of the old wild West, the story of two outlaw friends ending up enemies as one turns over and becomes a lawman - expressly for the purpose of hunting down his friend. Full Review |
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One of the best westerns of the 70s, if not all time. Full Review |
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A- |
Bitter take take on the mythical Old West. Full Review |
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8/10 |
One of the most bittersweet films of Peckinpah's career. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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...it could've %u2014 should've %u2014 been [Peckinpah's] third or fourth masterpiece (that depends on who's doing the counting), and the movie he'd been building towards his entire career. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
The film is visually stunning, and Peckinpah makes great use of his Durango, Mexico, locations. Full Review |
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B+ |
A richer, more rewarding experience. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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4/5 |
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 2/5 |
The mushy pretensions of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid suggest either that [Peckinpah] has begun to take talk about his genius too seriously (it can happen to the best) or that he has fallen in with bad company. Full Review |
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2/4 |
It's a movie that exists almost entirely on one note -- a low, melancholy one -- and achieves what I thought would have been impossible for him Peckinpah: he's boring. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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Some Peckinpah devotees consider the film among his finest work, others regard it as, well, troubled. Fascinating, nonetheless. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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1.5/5 |
Sam Peckinpah's virtually unseen Western turns out to be unseen for a reason. Full Review |
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