Should by rights swim in hokiness, but it's a bumptious classic.
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04/09/08
Silverado (1985)
81 %
Reviews Counted: 27 Fresh: 22 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 6.8/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 13 mins
Synopsis: Four cowboys join forces in the Old West to combat injustice in "Silverado", director Lawrence Kasdan's loving ode to the Western. Emmett, a quiet loner, saves Paden from sure death in the desert, where a band of outlaws had abandoned him. They then befriend Mal, a black cowboy who was denied... [More]
Genre: Westerns
Starring: Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Danny Glover, Linda Hunt, Brian Dennehy
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This takes as its subject the Western itself; but what could have been a bankrupt exercise is saved by exuberance, goodwill, and sheer excitement.
06/24/06
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A big stampede of a movie with ideas and scenes thundering off in dozens of directions.
04/09/08
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Real rewards of the film are in the visuals and rarely has the West appeared so alive, yet unlike what one carries in his mind's eye. Ida Random's production design is thoroughly convincing in detail.
04/09/08
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Kasdan resorts to a TV-like shorthand, substituting shtick for personality.
04/09/08
A good enough Western to cause many to kick up their spurs in celebration.
08/22/04
A sweeping, glorious-looking western that's at least a full generation removed from the classic films it brings to mind.
05/20/03
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I don't think Kasdan missed a single genre stereotype here: it's the sampler platter of westerns.
01/17/03
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