My Darling Clementine

"John Ford's greatest Western (...) Most Westerns put the emphasis on the showdown. “My Darling Clementine” builds up to the legendary gunfight at the OK Corral, but it is more about everyday things--haircuts, romance, friendship, poker and illness (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)" 

"Even with standard Western fiction—and that's what the script has enjoined—Mr. Ford can evoke fine sensations and curiously-captivating moods." 

"Masterpiece (...) A master class in how physical space can be transformed to evoke the psychological landscape of the characters inhabiting it (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)" 

"Here’s what 'My Darling Clementine' gets right about being a magnificent Western: almost everything (...) [It] is chock-full of terrific actors" 

"The main character is the land (...) The abstract grandeur of Monument Valley sets up the movie’s tale of revenge within a mythic context (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"Making myths of American west into poetry (...) Masterpiece" 

"John Ford was only interested in the myth that this story represented, not the reality, and the portrait of the Old West he paints ranks among the most evocative ever produced (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"This John Ford picture boasts some fine sequences (...) The picture combines both the grandeur and the folksiness so typical of its director (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"