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Movie Info

Having retired from a life of gunfights and peacekeeping, the great Wyatt Earp (James Garner) has landed a job as adviser to a Western movie about himself. On the set of the silent picture, he gets to know Tom Mix (Bruce Willis), an actor who specializes in Westerns, who has been hired to portray Earp. Not long after making each others' acquaintance, they find out that Earp's ex-girlfriend's son is missing, and the man responsible may be studio chief Alfie Alperin (Malcolm McDowell).

Rating:

R
Genre:

comedy, drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Blake Edwards
Release Date (Streaming):

Feb 1, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA):

$3.4M
Runtime:

1h 47m
Production Co:

TriStar Pictures, Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinema
Sound Mix:

Stereo, Surround

Cast & Crew

Bruce Willis
Tom Mix

James Garner
Wyatt Earp

Malcolm McDowell
Alfie Alperin

Mariel Hemingway
Cheryl King

Jennifer Edwards
Victoria Alperin

Kathleen Quinlan
Nancy Shoemaker

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Critic Reviews for Sunset

All Critics (13) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (10)

Garner is a marvel to watch, his quiet authority dominating every scene. But Willis also shows his best big-screen form yet.

July 25, 2019 | Full Review…

Bob Thomas
Associated Press
It's a plot that unravels on its own, without characters, without anything, not even a point of view. It's a zombie.

May 20, 2003 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…

Vincent Canby
New York Times
Ultimately, Sunset plays like deluxe dinner theater fare. It's a diversion to take along with your after-meal coffee and dessert.

January 1, 2000 | Full Review…

Hal Hinson
Washington Post
Half of the movie wants to be cheerful, and the other half seems morbid and disenchanted.

January 1, 2000 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
A tale that is not quite a comedy, or a murder mystery, or a crime thriller, or an expose of Hollywood slime, but manages to make half-hearted stabs in all these directions.

January 1, 2000 | Full Review…

Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
One of the biggest flops of 1988, Blake Edwards' Sunset is highly uneven, but gorgeous period production values and the easy-going charm of Garner and Willis save it.

March 4, 2006 | Rating: 6/10

Chuck O'Leary
FulvueDrive-in.com
Garner's a great Earp (see "Hour of the Gun") but this witless movie trashes not one but two great Western legends.

August 12, 2005 | Rating: 1/5

Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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July 7, 2005 | Rating: 2/5

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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May 16, 2005 | Rating: 2/5

Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
A misfire on all counts

October 7, 2004 | Rating: 1/5

James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette
Better than you'd think.

March 19, 2003 | Rating: 3/5

Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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December 26, 2002 | Rating: 2/5

Brandon Judell
PopcornQ

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Audience Reviews for Sunset

Apr 25, 2010

Re-watched this last night with my dad. We used to watch this film over and over when I was younger and although I never remember it being great I always used to enjoy it. It's still fun and the film has a great period detail look to it. Bruce Willis wasn't yet the big star he would become (although he would do 'Die Hard' that year) but had worked with Blake Edwards on 'Blind Date' and brings a lot of his Moonlighting charm to the role of real life cowboy star Tom Mix. However James Garner is the star here and steals the film from Willis. He would do the same again in a few years in 'Maverick' with Mel Gibson. This is probably one of the first hollywood villains Malcolm McDowell played and is loosely based on Chaplin. The whole thing is a lot of fun and an innocent way to spend a couple of hours. And remember, it's all true...give or take a lie or two.

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