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Tombstone

1993

George Pan Cosmatos

Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton ...

6.4

14,693

Western The life and times of the famous cowboy outlaw turned town-taming marshall, Wyatt Earp. Story focuses on the build up to the gunfight at the OK Corral, located at the outskirts of the town of Tombstone, Arizona.

	Media	Author	Review
		Stephen Holden The New York Times	"It wants to be at once traditional and morally ambiguous. The two visions don't quite harmonize."
		Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"A preposterously inflated 135 minutes long, 'Tombstone' plays like a three-hour rough cut that’s been trimmed down to a slightly shorter rough cut."
		Emanuel Levy Variety	"[It] is entertaining in a sprawling, old-fashioned manner (...) After a weak initial half-hour, Cosmatos judiciously finds the most audience-appealing dimensions of his tale"
		Peter Rainer Los Angeles Times	"A few shoot-'em-up scenes are stirring, but there’s not much else to relieve a script loaded with cliches"
		Richard Harrington The Washington Post	"Highly stylized fashion-wise but awkwardly unfocused in its plotlines (...) A major problem throughout the film is the opting for style over substance"
		Louis Black Austin Chronicle	"In the hands of director Cosmatos, this combination produces not magic but, against the odds and Kilmer's best efforts, a mediocrity (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"A lot of care and attention were obviously devoted to selecting locations, designing sets, and grooming handlebar mustaches. Much less attention went to making one believe that any of the events took place circa 1879"
		Matt Mueller Empire	"This would ideally be seen as a palatable hors d'oeuvre before the hearty main course (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"

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