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Johnny Guitar confidently strides through genre conventions, emerging with a brilliant statement that transcends its period setting -- and left an indelible mark.
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A cheap Western from Republic Pictures, yes. And also one of the boldest and most stylized films of its time, quirky, political, twisted. Jan 24, 2018 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
A cheap Western from Republic Pictures, yes. And also one of the boldest and most stylized films of its time, quirky, political, twisted.
Roger Ebert
Unforgettably strange and brilliant. May 5, 2016 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
Unforgettably strange and brilliant.
Peter Bradshaw
A movie for anyone who's ever been judged on their appearance, their outlook or the way they choose to live. May 3, 2016 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
A movie for anyone who's ever been judged on their appearance, their outlook or the way they choose to live.
Tom Huddleston
It's not just Joan's campiness -- her line readings take on an almost incantatory quality -- but the way the whole thing feels like a stealth therapy session for smart actors trapped in horse-opera stereotypes. Nov 13, 2015 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
It's not just Joan's campiness -- her line readings take on an almost incantatory quality -- but the way the whole thing feels like a stealth therapy session for smart actors trapped in horse-opera stereotypes.
Joshua Rothkopf
A slyly radical psychosexual oddity busting through genre conventions, beyond its Old West Arizona setting ... Nov 10, 2015 | Full Review…
A slyly radical psychosexual oddity busting through genre conventions, beyond its Old West Arizona setting ...
Aaron Hillis
The acidulous palette of the costumes and the décor conjure Ray's insolent, isolated fury; though the action is set in the nineteenth century, the actors break out of the story to foreshadow the stylishly electric revolutions to come. Nov 9, 2015 | Full Review…
The acidulous palette of the costumes and the décor conjure Ray's insolent, isolated fury; though the action is set in the nineteenth century, the actors break out of the story to foreshadow the stylishly electric revolutions to come.
Richard Brody
While I won't say that I loved the film (it retains enough of its genre's tropes to not quite work for me), I was surprised by how glorious the sets and landscapes looked. Jan 24, 2019 | Full Review…
While I won't say that I loved the film (it retains enough of its genre's tropes to not quite work for me), I was surprised by how glorious the sets and landscapes looked.
Tara Judah
Double-crosses, beautiful losers, gunplay and waterfalls and fire and whiskey, it's all here. Sep 6, 2018 | Full Review…
Double-crosses, beautiful losers, gunplay and waterfalls and fire and whiskey, it's all here.
Eve Tushnet
Mildred Pierce unleashed on the wild, wild West. Jun 24, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Mildred Pierce unleashed on the wild, wild West.
Josh Larsen
This baroque bonanza fascinates on so many levels that it demands to be repeatedly viewed and reviewed. Jan 24, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
This baroque bonanza fascinates on so many levels that it demands to be repeatedly viewed and reviewed.
David Parkinson
Compared to other Westerns, Johnny Guitar is high art--richly atmospheric and with noir elements that will remind viewers of such dramatic films as Key Largo. Jan 16, 2018 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Compared to other Westerns, Johnny Guitar is high art--richly atmospheric and with noir elements that will remind viewers of such dramatic films as Key Largo.
James Plath
Joan Crawford's Vienna is the most masculine of women western heroes. A former saloon girl who earned her way to owning her own gambling house, she's a mature woman with a history and she's not ashamed of what she did to carve out her claim for a future. Aug 3, 2017 | Full Review…
Joan Crawford's Vienna is the most masculine of women western heroes. A former saloon girl who earned her way to owning her own gambling house, she's a mature woman with a history and she's not ashamed of what she did to carve out her claim for a future.
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