She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Reviews

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Variety Staff
Variety
November 10, 2008
A western meller done in the best John Ford manner.
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Derek Adams
Time Out
February 9, 2006
A film of both elegiac sentiment and occasionally over-eloquent sentimentality.
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Bosley Crowther
New York Times
May 20, 2003
Bulwarked with gay and spirited music and keyed to the colors of the plains, "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" is a dilly of a cavalry picture. Yeehooooo!
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Nathanael Hood
The Young Folks
December 29, 2018
The film boasts one of Ford's more uncommon storylines and some of his boldest uses of color cinematography.
Full Review | Original Score: 6/10
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing
June 18, 2016
This earned an Oscar for Best Cinematography, though had a Best Makeup award existed back then, surely Don Cash would have been a contender for superb work that allowed a then-41-year-old Wayne to convincingly pass for someone a quarter-century older.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4
Michael E. Grost
Classic Film and Television
April 1, 2013
Classic Western with glorious color, great story telling and an anti-war point of view.
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Wesley Lovell
Cinema Sight
August 15, 2011
A film more notable for its gorgeous cinematography than for its plot.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
March 4, 2011
The second of John Ford's cavalry trilogy is well acted by John Wayne and well shot by Winton C. Hoch, who an Oscar for color cinematography.
Full Review | Original Score: B
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy
January 4, 2011
First and most obviously one of the most flat-out gorgeous movies ever filmed.
Full Review | Original Score: 10/10
Paul Brenner
Filmcritic.com
July 22, 2009
an old man's movie shot with a young man's energy and gusto.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5
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