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- 1953
- Approved
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 58 m
- 1953
- Approved
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 58 m
Summary A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smoldering settler/rancher conflict forces him to act.
Directed By: George Stevens
Written By: A.B. Guthrie Jr., Jack Sher, Jack Schaefer
- 1953
- Approved
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 58 m
- 1953
- Approved
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 58 m
Shane
7.4
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Summary A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smoldering settler/rancher conflict forces him to act.
Directed By: George Stevens
Written By: A.B. Guthrie Jr., Jack Sher, Jack Schaefer
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
85
82% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
18% Mixed
3 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
85
82% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
18% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Few Westerns examine the depths of human feeling, but this film by George Stevens is one of them, and it has since become a cinematic landmark. [13 Feb 2020, p.29]
Among lovers of the genre, Shane is surely among the top five westerns ever made. [14 Jun 2003, p.D01]
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 User Ratings
7.4
83% Positive
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
13% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
4% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 User Ratings
7.4
83% Positive
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
13% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
4% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
Incredible movie, one of the best Westerns of all time. It is so good.
Also one of the best movie I have ever seen.
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The corrector of injustices, now unfounded in cowboy garb. There is nothing better than an old school western, and with what makes it typical: the tavern brawl, to go no further. Good option for a weekend.
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Tries just a tad too hard to be a classic, with Ladd's Roy Rogers woodenness not quite getting the depths of author Jack Schaefer's fallen hero, but the support - Jean Arthur as the yearning farmer's wife, Ben Johnson as the conscience-struck bully - are excellent, and some scenes lodge forever in your memory.
Shane wears a white hat and Palance wears a black hat, but the buried psychology of this movie is a mottled, uneasy, fascinating gray.
Shane symbolized America during a time when the country was struggling to evolve from a nation of rugged individualism into a country of community and cooperation. [20 Aug 2000]
Although the film is often brutal, there is such a positive sense of morality displayed here that Shane should be seen by the whole family.
This George Stevens film is over-planned and uninspired: Westerns are better when they're not so self-importantly self-conscious.
A classic western movie with a good story and beautiful landscape. Also the ryker gang is very mean and their evil actions are more psychological than through killing.
But the pace is sometimes too slow.
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George Stevens' classic Western. All the archetypal themes are there ( good vs evil, nature vs civilization, justice and morality ) all beautifully written, photographed, and performed. Took me a few re watches to realize, the whole movie is from the point of view of the little boy. Which is why much of the movie is larger than life : Alan Ladd plays one of moviedom's greatest heros, and Jack Palance plays one of the meanest villains, and the sound effects of gunfire are so amplified and punched up. It's commonplace nowdays, but back in 1953, SHANE featured probably the first time in movie history, the explosive roar of gun blasts that shake the screen like true hand cannons.
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
Laurel Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
National Board of Review, USA
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
