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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Reviews

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Movie Info

Genre :

Action, Drama

Release Date :

September 21, 2007 (Limited)

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Andrew Dominik

Starring :

Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeremy Renner, Paul Schneider, Sam Rockwell, Zooey Deschanel

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  Be the 1st!

2 of 5

“..there?s nothing here we haven?t seen many times before..”
by Shlomo Schwartzberg [Boxoffice Magazine]
2.5 of 5

“..Stodgy and deathly slow, Jesse James takes the longest route possible to an anticipated resolution..”
by Sean O'Connell [Filmcritic.com]
3 of 5

“..somewhere along the way, the film gets lost within itself..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
2 of 4

“..merely a long, empty exercise in style..”
by Pam Grady [Reel.com]
2.5 of 4

“..far less engaging than the recent 3:10 to Yuma remake and concentrates more on the details than the broad picture..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
3.5 of 4

“..Artfully exciting and compulsively watchable even at a butt-numbing 152 minutes..”
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Pete Hammond [Maxim Magazine]
3.5 of 4
Reviewed by Geoff Pevere [Toronto Star]
3.5 of 4
Reviewed by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Josh Rosenblatt [Austin Chronicle]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Jack Mathews [NY Daily News]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Bob Strauss [LA Daily News]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Liam Lacey [Globe and Mail]
Reviewed by Lewis Beale [Film Journal International]
Reviewed by Kenneth Turan [LA Times]
Reviewed by Manohla Dargis [NY Times]

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