Pollack and Redford collaborated successfully, their earnestness yielding some handsome, if over indulgent, movies such as this factually based adventure.
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05/24/03
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
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Reviews Counted:13
Fresh:13
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Genre: Westerns
Synopsis: Sydney Pollack directs this notable picturesque film in which a solitary man named Jeremiah Johnson (Robert Redford) battles ruthless Indians, who use him as the target of a long-awaited vendetta,... [More]
Starring: Robert Redford, Will Geer, Stefan Gierasch, Josh Albee
Director: Sydney Pollack, John Milius
Reviews for Jeremiah Johnson
1 - 13 (sorted by fresh rating; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticPollack does right to put his faith in one man and a whole lot of mountains. The result is impressive.
05/26/08
Top CriticA flawed but immensely appealing film.
06/24/06
Top CriticBeautifully photographed in the wilds of Utah, this film unfortunately doesn't know when to stop; it feels consumed by a self-concious desire to be arty, and offers a treatment too cool for its subject matter.
05/26/08
Top CriticNo review available.
01/23/04
A very entertaining film that doesn't flinch about how tough life was for the early settlers.
01/01/00
Beautifully photographed in the remote mountains of Utah.
06/03/08
Like other films of the 1970s, Pollack's saga combines nostalgia and cynicism in equal measure, thus pleasing both right-wing and left-wing viewers, not to speak the delight of seeing Robert Redford at his most handsome in a cowboy attire.
08/10/06
No review available.
02/01/07
No review available.
05/25/04
There are momoments of great beauty and terror and deeply earned pathos. There are as well such not-so-incidental pleasures as John Rubinstein's lovely and serviceable musical score, and a cast of excellent supporting actors.
05/09/05
Top CriticGritty, gorgeously photographed mountain man tale.
10/15/04
Director Sydney Pollack has given a skilled, observant mounting as he carefully allows the man to grow in experience and knowhow.
05/26/08
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