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- 1994
- PG-13
- Warner Bros.
- 3 h 11 m
- 1994
- PG-13
- Warner Bros.
- 3 h 11 m
Summary From Wichita to Dodge City to the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, Wyatt Earp is a thrilling journey of romance, adventure and desperate, heroic action. (Warner Bros.)
Directed By: Lawrence Kasdan
Written By: Dan Gordon, Lawrence Kasdan
- 1994
- PG-13
- Warner Bros.
- 3 h 11 m
- 1994
- PG-13
- Warner Bros.
- 3 h 11 m
Wyatt Earp
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6.8
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Summary From Wichita to Dodge City to the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, Wyatt Earp is a thrilling journey of romance, adventure and desperate, heroic action. (Warner Bros.)
Directed By: Lawrence Kasdan
Written By: Dan Gordon, Lawrence Kasdan
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
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20% Positive
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60% Mixed
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12 Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
47
20% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
60% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
20% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Wyatt Earp is a fascinating ride to a West where darkness and heroism mingle, a triumph for Kasdan, Costner, Quaid and the company. It shows how, in this frontier crucible, love and death, honor and slaughter, friendship and a walk toward doom, are all linked together as well. [24 Jun 1994, p.F]
Wyatt Earp's attempts to cover so many years lead to too many scenes with little emotional power. The film doesn't shoot blanks, and it is better than Tombstone, but, considering the names involved, a little disappointment isn't out of the question.
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Based on 25 User Ratings
6.8
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As a mindless popcorn shootout, Wyatt Earp is highly watchable. But this three-hour drama, starring Kevin Costner as the straight-shooting marshal, takes its time sliding out of the saddle.
Yet a film that tries so hard to offer intelligent entertainment too often forgets to entertain. The famous showdown in Tombstone...one of the most famous scenes in all of Western legend is anti-climactic.
It all comes off as too sketchy and too obvious, and after 90 minutes, we're bloated with incidents but still hungry for satisfying drama.
Do we at least perk up during the ol' gunfight at the O.K. Corral, or the vacant lot at Fremont Street, or wherever the hell it did take place? Sorry. Kasdan never was an action director, and he clearly hasn't gone to school for this flick. Bang, bang, I'm dead, you're not, next scene - I've seen livelier shoot-outs at a soccer match. [24 Jun 1994, p.D1]
Wyatt Earp drones past its logical conclusion, which is, of course, the great shoot-out. Since Earp's life uninstructively limped along after that event, so must the movie, further abusing our overtaxed patience and undertaxed intelligence.
Production Company
Warner Bros.,
Tig Productions,
Kasdan Pictures,
Eaves Movie Ranch,
Paragon Entertainment Corporation
Release Date Jun 24, 1994
Duration 3 h 11 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline The epic story of love and adventure in a lawless land.
Website
http://wb.com/wyatt-earp
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Razzie Awards
• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations
Western Writers of America
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
