Wyatt Earp

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Wyatt Earp

PG-13

Released Jun 24, 1994

3h 11m

Biography

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The epic biography of western lawman Wyatt Earp, who at an early age, is taught that nothing matters more than family and the law. He becomes a respected sheriff in Dodge City and Tombstone. Joined by his brothers and Doc Holliday, Earp wages war on the dreaded Clanton and McLaury gangs.

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Critics Consensus

Easy to admire yet difficult to love, Wyatt Earp buries eye-catching direction and an impressive cast in an undisciplined and overlong story.

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Wyatt Earp tries to confront us with something weightier than the pleasures of old-fashioned heroism. Unfortunately, it ends up offering something sketchier: a psychodramatic hero without a center.

Rated: C

Dec 22, 2021

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Ty Burr

Entertainment Weekly

Wyatt Earp presents unvarnished historical realism as a kind of ultimate Truth, and it might actually work if Kasdan didn't keep piling on the Western-movie clichés.

Dec 22, 2021

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David Ansen

Newsweek

Gorgeously shot and meticulously designed, Wyatt Earp is big, solemn -- and barely alive.

Dec 22, 2021

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Casey Chong

Casey's Movie Mania

A laborious epic Western in an otherwise handsomely mounted production.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jun 23, 2024

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Alan Jones

Radio Times

Director Lawrence Kasdan's three-hour plus journey to the notorious shoot-out at the OK Corral is a monumental western that works both as a serious history lesson and as a quietly understated drama.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 25, 2024

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Steven Alan McGaw

Texas Triangle/TXT

In each of his fine, flavorful scenes, Quaid handily supplies the energy and humor sorely lacking from the rest of this tedious, windy film.

May 8, 2023

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Daniel N

Old school but good fun. Worth a watch if you like westerns and Wyatt Earp. Dennis Quaid is annoying as Doc Holiday but besides that it's a good movie.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/29/24

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Louis F

I think this movie is an absolute classic, it captures the feel of the desert, west, cowboys etc. Not sure what everyone is complaining about. The score is amazing as well.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/20/24

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A.L.Jude P

Slow paced buy when started there was no paise till it ended. What an epitome for excellent movie making ? Hope no one will give a close up for negative reviews.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/14/24

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Narciso R

Awesome movie, what a cast. One of the things I love about movies, you get to see different angles on how life may have been in that era. This movie is different from other Wyatt versions. Excellent, the tomatometer must be operated by idiots. Wyatt wasn't just competing against tombstone, it was competing against Wolf. Sorry, I really enjoy Jack Nicholson, I saw Wolf. NRJ.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/03/24

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Alec B

One can almost see what Kasdan was going for here, a Western Epic that both deconstructs and reinforces the myth of Wyatt Earp. What he got was a turgid, overlong mess. Costner is at his very worst here, boring and one dimensional.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/05/24

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Hersh B

I personally feel this film is great, what doesn't make sense to me is why most people prefer Tombstone which is cheesy and only one small segment of the Earp brothers lives. I don't see the Wyatt Earp film as boring at all. Both films had very good actors though. The character development was definitely more thought out and better in Wyatt Earp. One film has everything and the other not enough.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/19/23

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Wyatt Earp

Dennis Quaid

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Gene Hackman

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Synopsis

The epic biography of western lawman Wyatt Earp, who at an early age, is taught that nothing matters more than family and the law. He becomes a respected sheriff in Dodge City and Tombstone. Joined by his brothers and Doc Holliday, Earp wages war on the dreaded Clanton and McLaury gangs.

Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Producer: Jim Wilson, Kevin Costner, Lawrence Kasdan
Screenwriter: Dan Gordon, Lawrence Kasdan
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Warner Bros., Tig Productions
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 24, 1994, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $24.6M
Runtime: 3h 11m
Sound Mix: Surround

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