Hud
1963, Drama, 1h 52m
29 Reviews 5,000+ RatingsWhat to know
A Western that swaps out the Hollywood glamor for shades of moral gray, Hud is a sobering showcase for a sterling ensemble of actors at the top of their respective games. Read critic reviews
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Hud Bannon
Homer Bannon
Alma Brown
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Critic Reviews for Hud
All Critics (29) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (24) | Rotten (5)
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The four principal actors -- Newman, Neal, Douglas, and de Wilde -- are so good that they might well form the nucleus of a cinematic repertory company.
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Where it falls short of the mark is in its failure to filter its meaning and theme lucidly through its characters and story.
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One of Ritt's best films.
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More or less plays out as a home-on-the-range knock-off of Nicolas Ray's brilliant Rebel Without a Cause.
November 28, 2003 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review… -
Martin Ritt directed, putting a little too much dust in the dust bowl for my taste.
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The story isn't at all unusual and the setting isn't unusual either -- what makes it worthwhile entertainment is the sterling quality of the acting, superb music (when there is music) and the believable characters.
January 13, 2021 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Hud
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Jan 12, 2017Beautifully photographed anti-hero drama/western, with teriffic performances (peak-sexy Paul Newman and fantastically complex Patricia Neal) and some really memorable moments. It feels somehow wonderfully subversive yet also very 1960s.Daniel P Super Reviewer
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Sep 10, 2015Look under the skin of the American dream and there's a dust bowl the size of Texas, where the wide open spaces still do not provide enough breathing room, where everything still feels too unbearably close.. Martin Ritt's film introduces us to a family running their own spread, cowboys all, but disease and dissatisfaction, selfishness, eat away at any semblance of decency. Newman makes his mark as the most honest soul walking and unhappy, unhappy, unhappy. Melvin Douglas and Patricia Neal are great here.Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
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Oct 21, 2013Newman is great as he has been in practically every single film that I have seen in him. He never calls it in on the role. It is a darkish western aided by tension to bring out the best in the performers.John B Super Reviewer
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Dec 24, 2011I can't get enough of Larry McMurtry's West Texas, and Hud is yet another excellent film based on his novels (see: Last Picture Show, Lonesome Dove, Terms of Endearment, and note that he wrote the screen adaptation of E. Annie Proulx's short story Brokeback Mountain, too). Paul Newman plays one of the angriest young men you'll ever see on screen, a farm boy too wild for his home who has a terrible relationship with his father, and maybe a drinking problem. Brilliant for its esoteric nods to remote, small town life, and memorable for the Oscar-winning performances by Patricia Neal and Melvyn Douglas, Hud tells a classic story that, though it slows a little by times, frequently punches you in the gut like only McMurtry can. The writing is incredibly economical, too. As Chekhov said, if there's a gun on the mantle in Act I, it had better go off in Act III. Every new element that comes into the story pays off, to the point that, with every new revelation, you ask, "Now where is THIS going to go," and you're never disappointed. It's a very good film.Daniel P Super Reviewer
Hud Quotes
| Alma Brown: | Hud Bannon: You're half native already. I've never seen you in a pair of shoes since you have work here. Alma Brown: I wore'em once. I think to get married in. White satin pumps. I don't have'em anymore or the man |
| Hud Bannon: | Hud Bannon: You're half native already. I've never seen you in a pair of shoes since you have work here. |
| Alma Brown: | I wore'em once. I think to get married in. White satin pumps. I don't have'em anymore or the man. |
| Alma Brown: | Hud Bannon: Man like that sounds no better than a heel. Alma Brown: Aren't you all? Hud Bannon: Honey don't go shooting all the dogs 'cause one of 'em's got fleas. Alma Brown: I was married to Ed for six years. Only thing he was ever good for was to scratch my back where I couldn't reach it. Hud Bannon: You still got that itch? Alma Brown: Off and on. Hud Bannon: Well let me know when it gets to bothering you. |
| Hud Bannon: | Hud Bannon: Man like that sounds no better than a heel. |
| Alma Brown: | Aren't you all? |
| Hud Bannon: | Honey don't go shooting all the dogs 'cause one of 'em's got fleas. |
| Alma Brown: | I was married to Ed for six years. Only thing he was ever good for was to scratch my back where I couldn't reach it. |
| Hud Bannon: | You still got that itch? |
| Alma Brown: | Off and on. |
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