Young Guns
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Metascore
50 out of 100

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6.9 out of 10

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 13
  3. Negative: 2 out of 13
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Janet Maslin
    80
    Young Guns is best watched in the playful, none-too-serious spirit in which it was made. Though the film concentrates reverentially on its young stars, it also includes good performances from a few grown-ups, notably Terry O'Quinn as a lawyer and Jack Palance as the story's wild-eyed villain.
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Llyod Sachs
    75
    Considering how tidy and self-aware most such Hollywood projects are, any movie that can give Phillips' Mexican-Indian a monologue in which he painfully recounts the massacre only he survived and then blithely rejoices in idiot gunfire is a movie you have to respect. [12 Aug 1988, p.35]
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  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Dave Kehr
    50
    Billy's burning, self-destructive energy is about all Young Guns has going for it-the suicidal kicks James Dean found in chickie races are here transposed to six-gun shoot-outs, filmed in a slow-motion process that strives vainly to evoke Sam Peckinpah. [12 Aug 1988, p.H]
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  4. Time
    Reviewed by: Richard Schickel
    30
    The film is basically a drag, and not helped by Christopher Cain's stand- around direction. And one's thirst for the clear, cool taste of traditional narrative -- motivated movement, defined antagonists, building suspense -- soon reaches maddening levels. A grownup could die in this wasteland. [5 Sept 1988, p.63]
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  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. EdgarC
    7
    A smattering of horse-chases and shooting scenes, meshed in with some talking, old time dancing, and some more shooting. The movie makes sense as they first start out as a bunch of mostly innocent boys taking revenge on their mentor's death, and ultimately turning into a criminal rampage rife with killing. The movie is good over all, with the only exception being Estevez's pretty lame drawl.… Expand
  2. dfrooah
    5
    I was barely a teenager when I saw this movie so I don't recall having a notable reaction to the plot or the acting. My primary focus was likely the stars who, at the time, were considered particularly dreamy. "Dreamy" isn't likely the most accurate word to describe romantic admiration in 1988 but you get the idea. In hindsight one realizes how much our admiration is motivated by the media. Kiefer Sutherland?! However, I can say with some certainty that I was never terribly impressed by Charlie Sheen.… Expand

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