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Legends of the Fall

1994

Edward Zwick

Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Julia Ormond, Aidan Quinn ...

6.8

70,340

Romance. Drama. Adventure Director Edward Zwick's epic romance, set against the backdrop of WWI and the wide sky and rugged terrain of Montana, stars Anthony Hopkins as William Ludlow, an idealistic retired colonel who disapproves of the war and the army's indecent treatment of Native Americans. Abandoned by his blue-blooded wife, Ludlow raises his three sons in the remote foothills of Montana with the help of Native American friends. Before the war, Samuel ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"It's pretty good, in fact, with full-blooded performances and heartfelt melodrama (...) It is enormously entertaining (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Mr. Pitt's diffident mix of acting and attitude works to such heartthrob perfection it's a shame the film's superficiality gets in his way."	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"A tasty chunk of pop escapism (...) What makes 'Legends' such an entertaining male weepie is the star shine."	POS
United Kingdom	Ian Nathan Empire	"A grandiose quasi-Western epic so insanely corny it's almost cool. Almost (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Leonard Klady Variety	"It’s to the credit of the performers and craftsmen that the film escapes the abyss of melodrama and sentimentality. Zwick imbues an easy, poetic quality to the story"	POS
United Kingdom	Almar Haflidason BBC	"While 'Legends of the Fall' is technically well executed, there's a distinct lack of passion on offer here (...) It's also soft on plot and characterisation (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"Slow moving and at times foolish (...) Zwick orchestrates everything with welcome gusto (...) The result is not as meaningful as it would have you believe"	NEU
United Kingdom	John Ferguson Radio Times	"Hopkins is suitably craggy as the father, Pitt believably intense as the wayward middle son (...) The real star, however, is John Toll's Oscar-winning cinematography (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Scott Rosenberg SFGATE	"'Legends of the Fall' is less interesting as a story or a piece of filmmaking than as a snapshot of the lifestyle aspirations of a particular generation of Hollywood guys."	NEU

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