It's one of the great tragic true stories of the old wild West, the story of two outlaw friends ending up enemies as one turns over and becomes a lawman - expressly for the purpose of hunting down his friend.
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08/09/08
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:13
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7.2/10
Synopsis: The story of western legend Pat Garrett, once was an outlaw but now a lawman... and out to capture his old friend and gunslinger, now nemesis, Billy the Kid.
Starring: Kris Kristofferson, James Coburn, Bob Dylan, Katy Jurado
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Reviews for Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
1 - 19 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
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10/18/08
Top CriticOne of the best westerns of the 70s, if not all time.
04/19/08
Bitter take take on the mythical Old West.
04/04/08
One of the most bittersweet films of Peckinpah's career.
12/03/07
No review available.
10/19/07
...it could've %u2014 should've %u2014 been [Peckinpah's] third or fourth masterpiece (that depends on who's doing the counting), and the movie he'd been building towards his entire career.
11/19/06
The film is visually stunning, and Peckinpah makes great use of his Durango, Mexico, locations.
08/30/06
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06/24/06
A richer, more rewarding experience.
02/23/06
No review available.
07/01/05
No review available.
06/17/05
The mushy pretensions of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid suggest either that [Peckinpah] has begun to take talk about his genius too seriously (it can happen to the best) or that he has fallen in with bad company.
05/09/05
Top CriticIt's a movie that exists almost entirely on one note -- a low, melancholy one -- and achieves what I thought would have been impossible for him Peckinpah: he's boring.
10/23/04
Top CriticNo review available.
08/04/04
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09/18/03
Top CriticSome Peckinpah devotees consider the film among his finest work, others regard it as, well, troubled. Fascinating, nonetheless.
03/10/03
No review available.
09/10/02
Sam Peckinpah's virtually unseen Western turns out to be unseen for a reason.
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