53
Metascore
7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Time OutTime OutLike Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, it both records and condemns the passage of time and the advent of progress; and there is a sombre, mournful quality which places the film very high up in the league of great Westerns.
- 75TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineThe film is visually stunning, and Peckinpah makes great use of his Durango, Mexico, locations.
- 67The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayA dry, dour film where the moments of poetic Americana barely cohere.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie fails to work up much excitement, and the title song by Bob Dylan is quite simply awful.
- 50The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyPat Garrett and Billy the kid suggest either that he (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.
- 50The New YorkerPauline KaelThe New YorkerPauline KaelProbably nobody involved was very happy about the results; Dylan doesn't come off at all.