In the 90's it stands alone as a great achievement in American filmmaking.
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Unforgiven (1992)
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Reviews Counted:55
Fresh:53
Rotten:2
Average Rating:8.6/10
Consensus: As both director and star, Clint Eastwood strips away decades of Hollywood varnish applied to the Wild West, and emerges with a series of harshly eloquent statements about the nature of violence.
Synopsis: In Clint Eastwood's acclaimed Western, Little Bill Daggett (Gene Hackman), a sadistic, dictatorial sheriff, enforces gun control on a tiny frontier town, doling out his own brand of due process as... [More]
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris
Director: Clint Eastwood
Reviews for Unforgiven
In this dark, timeless terrain, the film achieves a magnificent intensity.
06/24/06
Eastwood's best film--a compelling...study of the shame and guilt that attends violence, of the rule of the mighty over the weak, of courage and cowardice alike
10/14/06
One of Unforgiven's assets is the way it overturns conventions, taking the man who is typically the hero and making him the villain, while transforming the traditional bad guy into a sympathetic protagonist.
06/10/08
The film is a masterpiece, a stunning and awe-inspiring statement.
01/01/00
Vivid morality tale for adults about the difficulty we all have overcoming deeply ingrained
08/21/02
Unforgiven is a most entertaining western that pays homage to the great tradition of movie westerns while surreptitiously expressing a certain amount of skepticism.
05/20/03
Top Critic[One] of the best movies of the nineties.
10/03/02
Eastwood's meditation on age, repute, courage, heroism -- on all those burdens he has been carrying with such good grace for decades.
10/26/08
Unforgiven (1992) is producer/director/star Clint Eastwood's own tribute to his legendary legacy in Sergio Leone's low-budget 'spaghetti' westerns,
01/01/00
Great acting, realistic sets, and taut direction by Eastwood.
01/01/00
That implacable moral balance, in which good eventually silences evil, is at the heart of the Western, and Eastwood is not shy about saying so.
08/03/02
Top CriticIronically, the ultimate Western of all was made decades after its hayday. This is captivating for all, not just fans of the genre.
02/19/08
Top CriticEastwood has cast his lot with one of the finest screenplays to have come along in many years, and the result stands him, unembarrassed, in the company of greatness.
11/12/01
A rigorous deconstruction of both fictitious violence and Eastwood's own career as a trigger-happy 'hero.'
07/25/07
A film that can stand proudly in the rarefied company of the very best westerns ever made.
06/05/02
Aside from being one of the highlights of Eastwood's long career, this film unquestionably offers one of his top directing efforts.
01/01/00
By now ... Eastwood has little more than a paint-by-numbers approach to acting. As a result, we relate to Munny more as a compendium of Eastwood's earlier characters.
01/01/00
Top CriticAlong with Altman's McCabe and Mrs. Miller, as authentic a depiction of a Wild West town as you are likely to find.
01/04/03
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