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Wyatt Earp

1994

Lawrence Kasdan

Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Michael Madsen ...

6.3

18,247

Western. Drama Wyatt Earp (Kevin Costner) doesn't get to go to war with his brothers, but when by decision of his father Nicholas (Gene Hackman) the rest of his family relocates to California, he begins a career in the Wild West. After a tragic first marriage with Urilla Sutherland (Annabeth Gish), he has a rough time as a drunk and a thief, but in Dodge City becomes a ruthless marshall. Gathering his brothers around him, he moves on to Tombstone ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"'Wyatt Earp' has brave pretensions and a large canvas, but it is finally just too slow, and not very compelling (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Angie Errigo Empire	"Tedious Western, that's a disappointment given the talent involved (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Caryn James The New York Times	"Wyatt Earp" labors to turn this mythic figure into a complex man; instead it makes him a cardboard cutout and his story a creepingly slow one."	NEU
United Kingdom	Alan Jones Radio Times	"A monumental western that works both as a serious history lesson and as a quietly understated drama (...) Kevin Costner has seldom been better"	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"Impressive but uninviting, 'Wyatt Earp' is easier to admire from a distance than pull up a chair and enjoy close-up"	NEU
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"This strenuously dark biographical Western plays more like a choppy, self-important miniseries"	NEU

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