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  • 1993
  • PG-13
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 55 m
  • 1993
  • PG-13
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 55 m

Summary Betrayed by the Army's legendary Indian fighter, General George Crook (Gene Hackman), Geronimo (Wes Studi) leads a small band of warriors in escape. Pursued by a principled officer (Jason Patric), a grizzled Army scout (Robert Duvall), and a gung-ho West Point graduate (Matt Damon), Geronimo evades capture through brilliant military stra...

Directed By: Walter Hill

Written By: John Milius, Larry Gross

  • 1993
  • PG-13
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 55 m
  • 1993
  • PG-13
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 55 m

Geronimo: An American Legend

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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Summary Betrayed by the Army's legendary Indian fighter, General George Crook (Gene Hackman), Geronimo (Wes Studi) leads a small band of warriors in escape. Pursued by a principled officer (Jason Patric), a grizzled Army scout (Robert Duvall), and a gung-ho West Point graduate (Matt Damon), Geronimo evades capture through brilliant military stra...

Directed By: Walter Hill

Written By: John Milius, Larry Gross

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 22 Critic Reviews
58
50% Positive
11 Reviews
36% Mixed
8 Reviews
14% Negative
3 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 22 Critic Reviews
58
50% Positive
11 Reviews
36% Mixed
8 Reviews
14% Negative
3 Reviews

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88
Walter Hill's "Geronimo," a film of great beauty and considerable intelligence, covers the same ground as many other movies about Indians, but in a new way.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
75
In the end, GERONIMO is a welcome contribution to a revitalized genre, filled with interesting representations of both the Apache and the pursuing army.
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70
Though the director is Walter Hill, the dominant personality is John Milius, who wrote the story and collaborated on the script with Larry Gross, and despite some narrative stodginess in spots, Milius’s sense of warrior nobility and his talent for writing juicy parts for actors serve the picture well.
By Jonathan Rosenbaum FULL REVIEW
60
While the movie's visuals are complex and suggestive, the plotting and dialogue are merely congested and muddled. Hill and the writers get caught between political correctness, historical fidelity, dramatic license and simple movie nostalgia. [11 Dec 1993, p.E1]
By Jay Boyar FULL REVIEW
50
All in all, Geronimo is a well-intentioned disappointment; the film chronicles the struggle not of the Apaches, but of the filmmakers. [13 Dec 1993, p.D05]
By Kristi Turnquist FULL REVIEW
40
Saddled by Milius and Larry Gross's leaden script and Hill's somnambulant pace, "Geronimo" is hardly better than Ted Turner's recent fiasco.
By Richard Harrington FULL REVIEW
30
A film about Geronimo and about the great feared Chiricahua Apaches would offend, should offend our sensibilities. We should be forced to confront and understand a different way of thinking. This is a more civilized movie, a more noble movie, a remarkably and consistently boring movie.
By Louis Black FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Columbia Pictures, Geffen Pictures, Polyphony Digital
Release Date Dec 10, 1993
Duration 1 h 55 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline A Warrior. A Leader. A Legend.
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Awards

Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Western Heritage Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Political Film Society, USA
• 1 Nomination

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