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Old Gringo

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Writer Ambrose Bierce (Gregory Peck) forms a triangle with a schoolmarm (Jane Fonda) and a Mexican general (Jimmy Smits) on the run.
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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 01/01/2000
2/4
There is a potentially wonderful story at the heart of Old Gringo, but the movie never finds it -- the screenplay blasts away in every direction except the bulls-eye. Go to Full Review
Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) 07/11/2022
The most unjustly vilified move of the year. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Creative Loafing 07/22/2015
2.5/4
Truthfully, it isn't as bad as its reputation, registering less as an out-and-out disaster and more as a missed opportunity. Go to Full Review
Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily 10/15/2005
3/5
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 06/29/2005
1/5
Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall 11/15/2003
4/5
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Blu B 08/13/2024 If you ever seen a movie like Havana, or Doctor Zhivago than you know what I mean when I say it's trying to be a war drama. What's crazy is the production value, cinematography (which isn't bad overall), and cast is all here for a great drama. But it meanders terribly. The editing and pacing are not good at all. It feels like stuff just happens and it never forms a cohesive story but rather just events that happen and it gets SOOOOOO boring. It never is able to make the melodrama elements, and war plot and make it work together coheisvely at all. The acting is suprisingly just ok as well mainly thanks to the very meandering dialouge. Peck & Fonda are great actors but they aren't given anything to work with. The music is alright and this is a very beautiful film to look at. It's boring but pretty to look at is the best compliment I can give this. The camerawork is great, the sets and the battle in the first half is AMAZING. But it just is a slow slog downhill the entire way that never goes anywhere. Skip This. See more Steve D 09/07/2023 A train wrek despite its cast. See more @MilloTPue 04/18/2021 It's quite empty in story, but it has a good epic atmosphere, good characters and good interpretations. See more Frances H 02/02/2015 One would think a movie with Gregory Peck playing Ambrose Bierce and starring Jane Fonda as the female lead would be a really fascinating flick, but Peck seems to flounder, Fonda acts like a flustered ditz, and the script is abysmal. A big disappointment. See more 08/13/2014 79% "I'm looking for Villa."-Ambrose "Bitter" Bierce (Gregory Peck) Lavish production about love, self discovery, revolution, and the Truth. See more 02/21/2014 one peck's final film he is perfectly cast as the title character. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Writer Ambrose Bierce (Gregory Peck) forms a triangle with a schoolmarm (Jane Fonda) and a Mexican general (Jimmy Smits) on the run.
Director
Luis Puenzo
Producer
Lois Bonfiglio
Screenwriter
Aída Bortnik, Luis Puenzo
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Production Co
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rating
R
Genre
Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 6, 1989, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.3M
Runtime
1h 59m
Sound Mix
Surround
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