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Wild Bill

1995

Walter Hill

Jeff Bridges, Ellen Barkin, John Hurt, Diane Lane ...

5.6

1,258

Western

	Author	Review
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"'Wild Bill' is impressive for a thoughtful, daring spirit and a charismatic hero, so unapologetically larger than life."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"The movie tries for poetry and elegy in its closing scenes, and we can see where it's headed, although it doesn't get there (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Jack Mathews Los Angeles Times	"[It] is alternately brilliant and frustratingly self-conscious, and, in the end, pretty much a wash."	NEU
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"Overall, the filmmakers’ take on the subject is highly esoteric and fails to suggest either why Wild Bill has remained such a famous figure, or the irony in the fact that he has done so."	NEG
United States	Bruce Fretts Entertainment Weekly	"'Wild Bill' succeeds as a character study (...) Bridges’ performance is a masterstroke of squinty-eyed bitterness"	POS
United Kingdom	Ian Nathan Empire	"Despite its skill, you just wish it would cut the revisionism and go injun hunting for a bit (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"In the early going 'Wild Bill' looks interesting (...) Then 20 minutes in, writer-director Walter Hill puts his cards on the table. It's a dead man's hand."	NEU
United States	Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune	"It's a movie that crackles with talent. But somehow, maddeningly, it misses greatness (and sometimes even goodness)"	NEU

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