The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (re-release)
Metascore
90 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 7 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    100
    An improbable masterpiece -- a bizarre mixture of grandly operatic visuals, grim brutality and sordid violence that keeps wrenching you from one extreme to the other.
  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    100
    Gorgeously stoic art film.
  3. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Sean Axmaker
    100
    There are two kinds of people, my friend. Those who love Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, and those who resist the machismo and gallows humor of what is arguably the definitive spaghetti western.
  4. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Dave Kehr
    100
    Though ordained from the beginning, the three-way showdown that climaxes the film is tense and thoroughly astonishing.
  5. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    80
    A massive, many-faceted film that continues to hold up, viewing after viewing.
  6. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    70
    All told, and in giant widescreen, it's only blood-red adolescent fun, but it blooms like Douglas Sirk with a Gatling gun compared to the teenage demographic's current fare. Matrix, schmatrix: This is the season's supreme party movie.
  7. Variety
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    60
    A curious amalgam of the visually striking, the dramatically feeble and the offensively sadistic.

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User Score
9.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 167 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 47 out of 49
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 49
  3. Negative: 1 out of 49
  1. NF123
    10
    Honestly if you were to ask me what's my personal favorite movie, I'd have to say "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly". While the film does have a few lighthearted or comedic moments it's by enlarge extremely serious and deals with war in an admirably restrained manner. Sergio captures the epicness and chaos of the old west but it doesn't choke itself to death on atmosphere. While I thought Leones own "Once upon a time in America" was his best work this comes in an extremely close second. It really does nothing wrong. One of the few films I could honestly call perfection… Full Review »
  2. Serrao_Brochado
    10
    A masterpiece, not only for lovers of the good old-fashioned westerns, but for anyone who loves cinema in its broadest sense. Fabulous interpretation, visually brutal and is one of those movies that grabs us to the screen in despair for having no idea of how the movie will end. Eastwood at his best.… Full Review »
  3. JayH.
    5
    As long as I live, I will never understand the appeal of this cheap spaghetti western. It's overacted, way too melodramatic. Indeed it does have a great score, but otherwise is an unimpressive western. It's just a cheap Italian made garbage.… Full Review »
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