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McCabe & Mrs. Miller

McCabe and Mrs. Miller

1971

Robert Altman

Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois, William Devane ...

6.8

2,388

Western Set in winter in the Old West. Charismatic but dumb John McCabe arrives in a young Pacific Northwest town to set up a whorehouse/tavern. The shrewd Mrs. Miller, a professional madam, arrives soon after construction begins. She offers to use her experience to help McCabe run his business, while sharing in the profits. The whorehouse thrives and McCabe and Mrs. Miller draw closer, despite their conflicting intelligences and philosophies. ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Schjeldahl The New York Times	"A brilliant work of art about the American past (...) It is a dream that compels us to dream it"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Robert Altman has made a dozen films that can be called great in one way or another, but one of them is perfect, and that one is 'McCabe & Mrs. Miller' (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Derek Malcolm The Guardian	"It's like no other western I've seen (...) This beautiful, oddly affecting film is one of the three best Altman movies"	POS
United Kingdom	Colin Kennedy Empire	"They say that great actors are never knowingly caught acting; Altman's best movies are similarly effortless - experiences to be lived in, rather than simply watched (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Ed Gonzalez Slant	"It could be the most authentic representation of wilderness life ever put on screen (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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