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Major Dundee (re-release)
EMAILPRINTSony Pictures Repertory

Generally favorable reviews
Based on 12 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 2 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Action | Adventure | Classic | Western
Written by:
Harry Julian Fink (also story)
Sam Peckinpah
Oscar Saul
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Release Date:
Theatrical: April 8, 2005
DVD: September 20, 2005
Running Time: 136 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for violence and some sensuality
Starring Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Jim Hutton, James Coburn, Michael Anderson Jr., Senta Berger, Mario Adorf, and Brock Peters
In this re-release of Sam Peckinpah's 1965 film, a Union officer is assigned the task of assembling a hunting party after a New Mexico settlement is massacred by a band of renegade Apaches. But with the Civil War still raging, he must fill out his ranks with Confederate prisoners, freed slaves, deserters and criminals. As the mission progresses, he must guard against not only both his quarry and his recruits, but his own personal demons as well. (Sony Pictures Repertory)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Washington Post Stephen Hunter
What's important is that Major Dundee, not a great movie but a great star-driven, big budget 1965 studio western, is back in all its fractured glory and confidence.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Wesley Morris
Expanded, Major Dundee is still a mess of great scenes sprinkled among some fairly monotonous action.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
If you want to see the missing link between John Wayne's squint and Clint Eastwood's sneer, look no further than Charlton Heston in Major Dundee.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
It's not a masterpiece, but its story of Civil War enemies banding together for battle against Indian warriors and French soldiers packs an occasional wallop.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
It's hard to imagine "The Wild Bunch" having the depth and grace it did without Peckinpah having this experience to draw on, and for that masterful film alone we're grateful to have Major Dundee back among the living again.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek
As flawed as it is, Major Dundee maintains its dignity in the face of the injustices that were done to it. Ripped-up and ragtag, it still holds its head high.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jack Mathews
The movie still isn't great, but it's an important remonstration to that oldest of all studio-system curses: the producer who thinks he's more creative than the director.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Staff (Not credited)
An offbeat and sometimes jumbled western adventure film. (Review of Original Release)
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold
Sadly, it's still a plodding affair that's low on plausible character motivation and compelling action scenes, and it's still not much of a showcase for its star, Charlton Heston.
Read Full Review >Variety Todd McCarthy
More evident than ever the film is inherently a deeply flawed work that was far from fully realized in both script and shooting.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Michael Atkinson
What rescues Major Dundee in the end from its many conflicts and unresolved passions is Heston.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Dave Kehr
Keeps building to apocalyptic climaxes that never materialize. (Review of Original Release)
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 3.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Anthony S. gave it a0:
Worst movie ever created. By the time it was over, I had aged three years and become completely impotent.
