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MPAA RATING: R
Starring Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, Jaimz Woolvett, Saul Rubinek, Frances Fisher, and Anna Levine
In this Academy Award winning western, Eastwood and Freeman are down-on-their-luck outlaws who pick up their guns one last time in order to collect a bounty offered by the vengeful prostitutes of remote Big Whiskey, Wyoming.
| GENRE(S): | Western |
| WRITTEN BY: | David Webb Peoples |
| DIRECTED BY: | Clint Eastwood |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: August 22, 1997 Video: March 13, 2001 Theatrical: August 7, 1992 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 131 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | USA |
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The average user rating for this movie is 9.5 (out of 10) based on 10 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Bit B gave it a10:
Beautifully crafted, supremely acted, a modern western like no other! One of Eastwood's best; right up there along The Good, The Bad & The Ugly even though so different.
Mike S. gave it a10:
This is one of my favorite movies of all time. It is certainly a great western with many philosophical layers. It is a thinking-man's movie.
Luis L. gave it a10:
in my opinion unforgiven is the best film of all times.
Pat C. gave it a 10:
Uses the flexible morality of the wild west for a character study of a serial killer. The prostitutes, hired hands, outsiders - all are cliche characters, but where the elements that ring true are emphasized. Eastwood not only atones for all the conscienceless gunslingers he played, but issues a mandate to take him seriously. The result is soaring allegory, presented in the familiar natural setting that is Hollywood's longstanding version of frontier life. An essential classic of the western genre, and a milepost of where it ultimately took us.
Yoon C. gave it a 5:
"Do you use your hand?" asks Freeman of Eastwood. Imagine how the Duke would have responded to someone asking about what he does with his pud. But, then it's a REVISIONIST western(and it finally explains why Eastwood's been squinting so much thru all his movies). Ah, one of those things, that purports to demythify the West and tell us something about the true nature of violence. So, we get people getting shot followed by long sermons. The movie works on two levels. On the basic level it's Clint Eastwood killing Gene Hackman as Pat Buchanan and hogging all the oscars from Hollywood community. On the other hand, it's a movie that suggests moral outrage is often just an excuse, a specious rationalization for the outlet of our naturally aggressive and murderous behavior. So, all those who rooted for Eastwood's avenging of Freeman has fallen into the trap of justifying violence thru moral outrage. But, the film lacks the conviction of either intention and is about as fun as chewing on stale tobacco. Eastwood, a workman like director, a decent craftsman, has been way overpraised by the French and the likes of Dave Kehr as a major auteur. Granted, his kind of classic filmmaking is a lost art but was it ever much to begin with?
Weepstah gave it a 10:
A wonderfully complex take on western mythos. There are really only a few "innocents" in the picture, and they get handled quite roughly. Black/White labels don't stick very well here and the idea that the showdown between Munney and Dagget is your classic good guy/bad guy item is totally ludicrous. A great screenplay, and Clint made sure to bring it to fruition with the cast, cinematography and music. The greatest western I've ever seen, it deserved every award it got.

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