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Unforgiven

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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.

Runtime: 2 hrs 13 mins

Genre: Westerns

US Box Office: $0

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... 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 he sees fit. When he denies justice to the prostitutes of the town brothel, one of whom has been slashed by a client, the women hire Bill Munny (Eastwood), a reformed gunslinger, to gain vengeance. However, Munny must contend with his new moral code in the face of revisiting the life he left behind. Eastwood's directorial masterpiece also stars Morgan Freeman and Richard Harris. [More]

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, Jaimz Woolvett, Frances Fisher

Director: Clint Eastwood

Director: Clint Eastwood
Producer: Clint Eastwood
Screenwriter: David Peoples
Composer: Lennie Niehaus

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Reviews for Unforgiven

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04/15/04
Lori Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

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03/22/04
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

In Clint's vision of the Old West all parties are tainted by violence and the need for revenge.

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03/08/04
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

No review available.

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01/12/04
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

No review available.

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12/01/03
Brian Gibson
Brian Gibson
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

No review available.

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11/17/03
Bryant Frazer
Bryant Frazer
Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus

Hollywood's great revisionist western, well deserving of its Best Picture Oscar

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08/08/03
Jon Niccum
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World

One of Eastwood's finest outings to date, an elegiac western that ironically undermines the conventions of the genre, only to deliver a finale as legendary as the shootout at the O.K. Corral.

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07/30/03
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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06/30/03
James O'Ehley
James O'Ehley
Sci-Fi Movie Page

Unforgiven is a most entertaining western that pays homage to the great tradition of movie westerns while surreptitiously expressing a certain amount of skepticism.

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05/20/03
Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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The action scenes have an almost documentary realism about them. Up until the final gun battle the film seems like a very authentic slice of the Old West.

Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
03/23/03
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

No review available.

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02/19/03
Josh Gilchrist
Josh Gilchrist
Billings Outpost (Montana)

He's old, he's pissed, and he's gonna kill everyone. Dude, it's Clint. Enough said.

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02/02/03
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

Dark, brooding, and remorseless. We may never see its like again.

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01/23/03
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

Along with Altman's McCabe and Mrs. Miller, as authentic a depiction of a Wild West town as you are likely to find.

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01/04/03
Dan Jardine
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide

No review available.

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10/13/02
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

[One] of the best movies of the nineties.

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10/03/02
Bill Chambers
Bill Chambers
Film Freak Central

...a delicate yet brutal balance of real West versus reel West.

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09/10/02
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

A brilliant Western, unlike any you've ever seen.

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09/10/02
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

Vivid morality tale for adults about the difficulty we all have overcoming deeply ingrained

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
08/21/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice
 
 
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