Wyatt Earp

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acsdoug D I admire the intent, the desire to fill in the before and after of the OK Corral gunfight. I have to join in the general criticism, however: the film is way too long. I maybe recommending it because I like Westerns rather the quality of the movie itself. For what it's worth, I liked it. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/22/25 Full Review Tim M A lesser version of its preceding twin film, Wyatt Earp finds Kevin Costner and company operating at minimum capacity within the Western genre. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/17/25 Full Review Bear B. Sadly it becomes trendy in Hollywood “journalism” circles to pan certain films and this is one. Frankly I’m embarrassed for those writers. This is an excellent depiction of Wyatt and his family from youth to old age—a necessarily long epic with high production values, very good casting, well acted, written, and directed. There’s always room for improvement but on the whole it’s impressive. Watch it in three sittings and consider it a mini series if the run time seems daunting. Well worth your time if you appreciate good cinema. The scenery is beautiful. Costuming top notch. The story is historical enough. The sound track is good but in certain moments overdone and overly prominent—possibly the film’s biggest flaw. This picture will stand the test of time and, I suspect, be increasingly appreciated with age. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/06/25 Full Review Chris F Wyatt Earp takes on the unenviable task of competing with the more glamorous but also more Hollywood smitten version of Earp's life as portrayed by Kurt Russell in Tombstone. Costner pulls it off, though, with an earthy performance and grittier Earp than Russell could ever hope to achieve. And as for the respective Doc Holliday actors, Dennis Quaid simply outshines Val Kilmer in grit and reality. This is what a western should be: gritty, unassuming and not afraid to be commonplace. The Old West was more like this than Tombstone. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/01/25 Full Review Glen D. Very good movie but was altogether too long of a watch. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/22/25 Full Review Len P There are a few versions of Wyatt Earps life due to sensationalist accounts in territorial tabloids of the late 19th century to promote circulation. He, and especially his wife Josephine, strongly sanitised his biography, omitting his own infamous past following his first wife’s death. It is a shame that the script writers didn’t make a reasonable effort to tell a true story rather than this garbage. It is unlikely that Virgil brought his injured brother, James, home from the war, but returned later. Wyatt didn’t burn his matrimonial home after the death of his first wife. He sold it for $75. There is no evidence Wyatt Earp hunted Buffalo for a living and he didn’t make the acquaintance of the Masterson brothers until 2 years later in Dodge City. Virgil was maimed in his left arm, not right. Morgan was “assassinated” 2½ months after his older brother, Virgil, was ambushed in the street and maimed with a shotgun, not the same day. He didn’t die on a billiard table nor was his wife present, having left for Colton, the previous month, after the Ok Corral gunfight. During the “Vendetta Ride”, all the known accounts of the gunfight where Curly Bill Brocius was killed differ significantly from the screenplay in the movie, including the scenery. Nor was Johny Ringo killed in this gunfight, as implied in the dialogue. This movie contains lots of fiction, using an historical character's name as the movie title to draw in viewers. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/04/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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