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This movie is pretty good but it’s a little too long & it’s not as good as Tombstone. Great cast tho. Kevin Costner is a good Wyatt Earp but it’s not better than Kurt Russell’s Wyatt Earp. Gene Hackman & the late great Catherine O’Hara are all pretty solid in that movie Movies I watched everyday in a year since March 22nd
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I’m usually such a sucker for westerns and I’d thought I’d enjoy this a lot more than I did. Wayyyyy to squeaky clean, zero grit it just comes across as cheesy. …and it’s 3 hours long. I did have some fun, but barely lol
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Littered with great supporting performances from a stacked cast and shot through with Kasdan’s unfussy prestige grandeur, this sort of transparently aches to be great just like its subject seems to, but never gains much dramatic momentum at all. Instead it settles for being a vignette-ish but ultimately weirdly turgid would-be epic that feels like it wants to maintain some ambivalent distance from a man who basically insisted that his obstinacy and propensity for violence was in fact a reflection of his decisiveness and masculine honor. The saucer-eyed awe with which it portrays him (and the final scene) suggests a desire to be a more heroic LIBERTY VALANCE “print the legend” take.
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abysmally boring. it’s 3 hours long without anything resembling a dramaturgy or aesthetical value. women are mainly whores or dying angels, Newton Howard’s overly pathetic score extrapolates a whole lot of nothing and it’s hard to believe Kevin Costner and his unleashed narcissism on full display was really a thing in the 90s.
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24 years later, confirming what I always knew even without spending 3 hours to see it until now: yep, this is the ungainly, inferior twin to “Tombstone” that nobody needs to bother with. Westerns suit Kevin Costner, but the man is no Kurt fuckin’ Russell; meanwhile, poor Dennis Quaid has like 4 minutes of screen time in this whole 190-minute movie, not quite enough to compete with Val Kilmer’s iconic portrayal of Doc Holliday; Sam Elliott is demoted into Michael Madsen which isn’t only a letdown but a confusing letdown because Tom Sizemore is in this movie too and it’s impossible to tell apart one troubled, husky ’90s character actor nutball who stood out in Oliver Stone and Tarantino movies…
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“My mama always told me never put off till tomorrow people you can kill today.” Lawrence Kasdan’s Wyatt Earp is a sorry excuse for a film. I was worried about the three hour runtime. But the toxic masculinity and treating women as baubles really got to me. Gene Hackman was hardly in it. Kevin Costner got kind of tiresome. So was the violence. Glad they quarantined for typhoid. Maybe they can do that again for COVID one day. Vegan alert: -Horseback riding -Reference to skinners -Skinning the buffaloes (one man throws up because the process is so disgusting)
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obligatory respect for the great james newton howard score and for kasdan’s dependable direction. the rest of this is prestige-y junk, lumbering around from one biographical tidbit to the next like it’s an obligation instead of a story. normally a three-hour western would be my bread-and-butter, but costner can’t decide if his earp is a mythic figure or a scoundrel, a legend or merely a man. if the west was about anything, it was about choices that were made, good or bad, and this refuses to commit to anything, lest it divest itself of its quasi-respectable aspirations. if there’s one thing i can’t stand, it’s indecision.
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This wasn’t bad but I expected more from a western. It needed more action and overall the acting just didn’t feel that real or natural to me. Compared to Tombstone, it feels way more focused on Wyatt Earp as a person than just being a normal western. Tombstone also has more iconic dialogue and characters, which made it a lot more memorable.
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Now this confuses me… five Razzie nominations? What!?! Look, to be honest, I haven’t seen Tombstone, and I know that the comparison of the two films fucked over Wyatt Earp – but winner of the worst remake? Really? The People of 1994 thought that this was worst than The Flintstones, City Slickers 2, and Beverly Hills Cop 3… Fuck the Razzies! I did have respect for them, but this literally makes no sense. Wyatt Earp, though it doesn’t boast a high rating, had higher ratings than all of it’s other nominees, and yet it was still considered one of the worst movies made that year. What? Look – the film isn’t great, but it’s not terrible. The worst thing about…
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“Mr., I’ve been in a real bad mood for a couple a years so why don’t you leave me alone?” A cinematic journey through the life of the legendary lawman Wyatt Earp from his humble upbringing on a farm to the infamous battle at the O.K. Corral and beyond. Well, if I’m going to tackle a three hour and ten minutes long juggernaut it may as well be on a Sunday when I have nothing to do and I’m ahead of my review schedule. Wyatt Earp is an epic Western from the early 1990s, a time when Westerns were having a bit of a resurgence. It sports an excellent cast with some big time headliners. Names like Kevin Costner, Gene…
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A young boy who works on his family farm, has his two older brothers return from war. Soon there after, they move to the deserts out west, where they grow up valuing family and the law. As a young man now, he has relocated to study the law and marry a beautiful woman. Sadly, she gets ill and dies. This results in him losing his way and becoming a drunk relying on thievery. When his father finds him jailed, he…
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I thought this was really average, and it just felt like it was missing something. It’s not bad by any means; I was just expecting more from a Costner western. It’s definitely way too long, and it’s not one I can see myself ever revisiting, unfortunately.
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Yo al ver a Gene Hackman en el reparto: “Qué ganas tengo de ver la peli”. Gene Hackman a los 5 minutos: “Desaparezco 🗿” Me ha entretenido la película, me ha parecido interesante la vida de Wyatt Earp. Pero sinceramente, como película me ha parecido un poco meh. A mí no me suele gustar demasiado el género biopic porque en muchas ocasiones la película parece más bien un documental (con muchas más inexactitudes y con algo más de espectáculo). Por…
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Nnorbin 8 月 12, 2026
Completely unengaging in comparison to every other Earp related work I’ve watched. Admittedly, the dinner show was beautiful. And Michael Madsen looks like hunky Stacy Keach
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No que haga un reverso Liberty Valance y decida imprimir la verdad, porque también se toma sus licencias con la historia, así que ¿cuál es su excusa para ser tan aburrida? Luce preciosa, eso sí, pero se siente vacía. Además, ¿Tom Sizemore Y Michael Madsen? Como si no costase bastante distinguir entre personatjes mostachudos!
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The best way to watch this film is at Nail Fairy near the Empire State Building, while receiving a smart gel cat eye mani pedi. You cannot change the channel for 2.5 hours. Kevin Costner has no personality of any kind in this, and every baddie in town is THROWING themselves at him.
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Coming out a year after Tombstone does it no favours. Lacks focus and action. Its length would be a virtue if the background characters stood out, but they all kind of blend together. Poor Quaid follows up ValKilmer Doc.
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watched halfway…too slow paced..might give it a shot once again soon..
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no esta mal pero calentada 3 horas de esto. Peca de peliculera flow Hollywood comercial, aún asi me la he acabado porque siendo sincero entretiene y la ambientación es top. Wyat aura farmer con síndrome del main charcter. Quema la casa y se la suda la propagación al bosque JAAJAJJA que máquina. Y no es tonto ni na, cambiando a la ramera mid por un quesito gourmet jejeje. “Vete a casa. Si pienso en ti podrían matarme”
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Di gran lunga meglio Tombstone.
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I only watched half – Tombstone is so much better. I’ll rewatch and give a full review soon.
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“Wyatt Earp” was released in June 1994, exactly six months after George P. Cosmatos’s “Tombstone” opened to strong reviews and solid box office. The two films cover the same material: the rise of Wyatt Earp, the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and the subsequent vendetta ride. “Tombstone” had Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer giving one of the great scene-stealing performances of the decade as Doc Holliday, and a running time under two hours. “Wyatt Earp” has Kevin Costner, three hours…
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A film that will forever live in the shadow of the vastly superior “Tombstone.” Lawrence Kasdan and Kevin Costner reunited for this three hour Western epic, but the results are decidedly mixed. Whereas “Tombstone” limited its scope to the Earp’s time in the titular town, this version is more of an extended biopic with Costner’s wooden performance at the center. The cast is admittedly stacked here. Gene Hackman gets third-billing despite only having about 10 minutes of screen time. Dennis…
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Truly astonishing when a cast this stacked – this talented – deliver cinema’s worst sin of all: a boring film! It’s a bummer, because there’s probably an interesting one in here somewhere (the story of Wyatt Earp is, of course, built for this genre and presumably is one!), but this movie is way too long and never really brings you in. It doesn’t help that Costner’s performance, the performance the film hinges on, is pretty one note.
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Despite a great cast, a great story & the production backing of a major studio, I’m of the opinion that this film, on a formal level, was made kinda boring.
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This is so long and he’s kind of mean in the later bits
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I wasn’t sure if I’d seen this before, or if I was confusing it with one of the other three Gene Hackman Westerns from the 90s (I hadn’t seen it). I generally love Kevin Costner Westerns but the critics who originally lambasted this box-office bomb were mostly right. Like a lot of them, I watched this after 1993’s ‘Tombstone’, which came out six-months earlier, and it does not compare well. It feels long and boring but it’s not because it’s…
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Great Value Doc Holiday ass
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من افضل افلام كيفين الصراحة الي حبيتها بشخصية طول احداث الفيلم شخصية فيها الحزن و الشجاعة و الغموض و اشياء كثير ممكن تكتشفها مع 3 ساعات و 10 دقائق.. مشاهدة ممتعة قايز
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wayyy too long 😭
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Sometimes I explain to writers, especially memoirists, the difference between a story and a deposition. A story is a well-chosen series of luminously told moments that offer revelation and, together, propulsion. A deposition is a recitation of facts and events, without the weight of meaning. This is a deposition, and dreadful. About its only saving grace is Dennis Quaid’s Doc Holliday, played like the Ghost of Christmas Future; maybe it’s a role, like Batman, that everyone should try and almost…
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In my opinion, not as good as Tombstone, but another classic on Wyatt Earp
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He was popular that year
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A long story of a man’s life, with so many unnecessary subplots, but not as bad as others claimed it to be.
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“Remember this, all of you. Nothing counts so much as blood. The rest are just strangers.” The life of one of the most recognizable lawmen of the west is chronicled in Lawrence Kasdan’s “Wyatt Earp.” Hot on the heels of the successful “Tombstone,” Kevin Costner takes center stage re-teaming with writer director Kasdan for his own take on Wyatt Earp. But whereas “Tombstone ” honed in a specifc period, “Wyatt Earp” takes the approach of attempting a full scale biopic from…
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make an accurate western, but make it really freaking uniteresting and 3 hours long
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It was kinda boring honestly i never understood it and i just sat there watching it because i was bored
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Not as good as Tombstone, but certainly invokes the feel of an old Hollywood epic. The film score is incredible, though.
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It’s really not fair to compare this to Tombstone. This is a wider look at Earp’s life but the parts that do overlap are deficient in every way (even after Costner’s rumored attempts to sabotage the rival film). Having just read a book about Wyatt and Doc, I have the added historical perspective as well. Both films feature some moments verbatim, with Wyatt Earp maybe being a little more true to the record. Both films also deviate from that. However,…
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Kasdan gets nuts with a sprawling, long-tall bio of the legendary lawman that’s inferior to pretty much every major Earp feature out there. A brooding, melodramatic Western that’s light on action and heavy on bluster—and Costner’s stoney portrayal leaves something to be desired. That said, the final hour pieces together some nice moments. And if it wasn’t for Tombstone and Kilmer, Quaid’s take on Holliday would likely be the standard.
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So this is really more of a character study than an action-western like Tombstone. The problem is the character is kind of an asshole. That said, Wyatt Earp, by all accounts, was something of an asshole. So in that respect, I appreciate the movie not jazzing him up. Earp was not a timid man, and he was motivated by his, and his family’s, best interests. That wasn’t all that unusual back then. But the Earps dipped their toes into a…
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I like the ending in tombstone much better but still a great movie
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Wyatt too long Earp
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a long, not very interesting movie. a billion things happen that get no follow up or are dropped in the movie. most of the movie is The Boys beating up criminals in town but never in a real bad ass way, its just kind of boring. three hours of a movie that can only be described as “almost okay”. EDIT: theres a scene where a guy slaps his wife’s ass and its the most sorry ass slap ive ever fucking seen, handful of ass and little impact. for shame!
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Quizás con un poquito menos de metraje y sin intentar abarcar tanto el resultado sería mucho más satisfactorio. El gran problema de esta película es que compite con “Tombstone” que trata el mismo tema pero de una forma más acertada. Dennis Quaid como Doc Holliday no me acaba de convencer.
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Look, I adore Tombstone as much as the next person, but this doesn’t detract from my enjoyment of Wyatt Earp at all. As someone who’s also read up on the real events and people involved, it’s fairly accurate, more so than Tombstone. And Tombstone is more centered the gunfight at the OK Corral, while Wyatt Earp is about…well, Wyatt Earp. Makes the comparison a bit unfair. Especially since Tombstone is quite a bit more romanticized while this is not. And…
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Not bad
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Quite a bit more ponderous and portentous than the other version released in theaters the same year, Tombstone. But despite the rival film’s much celebrated portrayal of Doc Holliday by Val Kilmer, the real attraction in Kasdan’s version is Quaid’s Holliday. Quaid has rizz despite looking like he’s at death’s door, having lost over 30 pounds to play the tuberculous outlaw.
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Inexplicablemente tiene buen ritmo constante a pesar de su duración (sin exagerar, tampoco es la comunidad del anillo). Los westerns holliwoodense de los 90s me parecen ordinarios pero no está ni de cerca de estar último en mi lista. Tiene mucho lenguaje cinematográfico, es lo que mas me gustó de la peli.
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Way too long and only really found its legs in the second half and the full tilt into the “fall of the law man” arc. Dennis Quaid was a little scary here—kinda creeped me out. Uncanny valley vibes. Kevin Costner was . . . fine.
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Wyatt Earp over the years as portrayed by Kevin Costner over the hair pieces. We miss you Val Kilmer!
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Kinda boring. Kevin Costner is so one note in this movie and the parts that are great tombstone just does better. I liked how gritty some of the shootouts were which made me think it would have a much more nuanced take on the violence and pain inflicted on and by the earps but by the end of the 3 hours it was just plodding and still wanted to have the triumphant justice montage of violence at the end that just felt so flat. Dennis quaid as doc holiday also great. But there’s less of him here than tombstone. Not as great
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88/100. Put this off for so long because of negativity and was blown away. It takes its time and is sweeping more than Tombstone but delivers an interesting retelling and has some great performances, cinematography and score.
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MMike White 7 月 4, 2026
The things I do for research. Another three hour epic. At least Costner isn’t trying to direct this one.
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Pretty good but also the longest movie ever made. 190 minutes for no reason. Less good Tombstone. Thinks being long makes it an epic and I fear it missed the mark. Kevin Costner loves a long as fuck western and I do respect that. Maybe he loves playing dress up? Horizon 2 when???
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I don’t know man. There were sections here I really liked, and at the end of the day the 190 minute run time didn’t really bother me. However, it ended and I didn’t feel a single thing.
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Any and all momentum hits a brick wall as soon as he grows the moustache.
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A fairly accurate historical biopic of the Wyatt Earp tale. Somewhat slow but the constant gunfights keep it entertaining. I would describe it as “”the perfect film to take 15 naps occasionally interrupted by gunfire to’. Kevin Costner pulls off an amazing performance as the exact same character he played in all his previous and subsequent films. The horses were also a huge bonus.
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CCharlie Knox 6 月 29, 2026
Do yourself a favor and just watch Tombstone instead.
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It starts off alright, with it being fun to recognize a bunch of actors that I didn’t know were in the movie (like Tom Sizemore, Catherine O’Hara [RIP], and Jesus’s Jim Caviezel). But then the story gets soooo boring stretching out well past the 3-hour mark. Never have I seen Kevin Costner deserve more criticism than in this movie, as he gives an absolutely wooden performance. Maybe that’s why I liked the first part more with the younger actor playing…
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K. costner sure loves his westerns
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MASTERPIECE WESTERN
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“Wyatt Earp” is really long, but that is not a problem in itself. The problem is that it mistakes length for depth. Lawrence Kasdan & Kevin Costner tell Wyatt’s life from his youth in Iowa to his old age in Alaska, as if the sheer accumulation of biographical stations would somehow turn into an epic all by itself … Spoiler: It doesn’t. The comparison with “Tombstone”, which came out only a few months earlier, makes this especially painful, because that film…
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Always typically avoided these long old west flicks. Just not as interested in them as the usual target audience. Pretty bland, standard title. I do enjoy Costner and this ensemble cast is pretty loaded. The production is impressive with good photography and music. Having known some of this story going in and due to length I wasn’t all that engaged and found myself fairly bored unfortunately. Moderately entertaining.
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I had to do a double-take on the release dates of this and “Tombstone” to get the timeline right: Disney/Buena Vista put out the more action-oriented “Tombstone” on Christmas Day 1993, meanwhile WB put out the slower grandiose Awards-bait “Wyatt Earp” in the summer of 1994. I feel that these dates should’ve been switched, but even then this thing is suuuper slow, even by epic movie standards. Kevin Costner definitely knows how to make a western, there’s no denying that. But the pacing’s all off for me.
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The spiritual stepchild of Stranger on Horseback. Where Joel McCrea leaves trail of corpses papered over by mid-century law and order optimism, Kevin Costner’s Earp is corrosive and self-righteous as 1980s Reaganism.
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It’s not Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer but still Kevin and Danny make a damn good duo A little long. Someone teach them what a montage is
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Not sure if this is necessarily the best Wyatt Earp film – i think that still goes to My Darling Clementine – but it’s certainly the definitive Wyatt Earp film. 3 hours of great drama and really thrilling action. Costner takes to the role very well and he looks awesome blasting people away just like he did in Open Range. the gunshots are heavy as hell in this film and it’s extremely satisfying. as a 90s Wyatt film it’s impossible…
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Boring as shit. Awful score. Kostner is a wooden actor whose every line reading feels like a cringy audition tape. 3+ hours of crap.
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Realized this was 3+ hours long way too late and figured we might as well finish it rather than starting another movie. Realized way too late that this too was a mistake. Has some promising shots in the beginning and it’s not like it’s horrible, just not entertaining
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Finally watched this. Skipped it when it came out as I am such a massive Tombstone fan it has already felt redundant to me. But it is an entirely different film, telling the full arc of Earp’s life – actually this is very solid Western, worth watching, and aged well over the last 30 years – I can recommend it as part of the 1990s Western revival – not top shelf like Tombstone and Unforgiven – but very well crafted storytelling, if a bit on the nostalgic, bio-picky side.
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Está muy épico pero no es nada necesario que dure 3 putas horas, se hace muy larga y pesada cuando llevas 2 horas y media y aún no acaba. Es una historia de venganza y honradez que está interesante en la cuál no me creo que Rockstar games no sé inspirara para hacer las dos entregas de Red Dead Redemption, creo que ver de todo de lo que se han inspirado es lo queas me ha gustado. Kevin Costner muy…
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Most authentic historical account of Wyatt Earp. Costner and Quaid excellent. Great photography
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FFluffyDragQueen 6 月 1, 2026
It’s not that this is a bad film, because it’s really not, it’s just that its very existence feels kind of pointless when Tombstone came out less than a year earlier. Talk about bad timing. A solid effort, but nevertheless, an effort that will forever be doomed to live in another film’s considerable shadow.
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Sheer nightgown on wife, use of Gd.
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The fact that this movie has such low ratings is a crime. It made me postpone watching it for years, and now I regret that. I finally got my hands on the blu-ray, and I’m genuinely happy to have it in my collection. This is a completely different beast from Tombstone (1993), and I’d even go as far as to say it’s the better film. It paints a much broader picture of Wyatt Earp’s life, starting with his childhood and…
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Ok film, malo lošiji od Tombstonea,a uz to nema Val Kilmera.Nije mi jasno zašto su ovo snimali i izbacivali godinu dana nakon Tombstonea?
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Babamın ölümden döndükten sonra bizle izlediği ilk film olduğu için insaflı olacağım fakat: Çekimler her ne kadar elit seviye olsa da Hollywood yönetmenlerinin dönemin en gelişmiş birkaç ülkesi harici dünyanın her yerinde meze haline gelmiş olayları aşırı kutsallaştırmaları ve yapay kahramanlık hikayeleri çıkarmaları aşırı bunaltıcı.Bu hikaye 20 dkda da anlatılırdı,kaldı ki hiçbir karakterin altyapısı düzgün işlenmiyor,karakterin hayatı da sadece kadınlar üzerinden anlatılıyor biri harici hiçbirinin karakter gelişimine etkisi yok.Kardeşleri film boyu ne kadar gözükmüştür meçhul ve bütün diyaloglar aşırı yüzeysel. Ama babam sevdi.
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Js go watch tombstone atp, not worth +3 hours of your life
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“All of you can kiss my rebel dick.” Alors qu’il est déjà engagé sur le projet Tombstone, un autre film traitant de la légende de Wyatt Earp, Kevin Costner se montre ouvertement mécontent du scénario de Kevin Jarre. Selon lui, celui-ci a le défaut majeur de se disperser sur une multitude de personnages secondaires, au point de diluer l’essence même de l’histoire. Frustré par cette approche, l’acteur n’hésite pas à jeter l’éponge et à rejoindre les rangs de Lawrence Kasdan,…
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The film that demonstrates Kevin Costner’s ability to portray complex characters compellingly. He can’t. Great supporting performances, an unwieldy script, and one snoozer of a lead performance make Wyatt Earp an expensive nap.
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LA LEGGE DELLA STELLA Lawrence Kasdan firma con Wyatt Earp un’operazione monumentale che si distacca con forza dal classico western hollywoodiano, trasformando il mito della frontiera in un crepuscolare dramma biografico di oltre tre ore. Dove altri registi avrebbero cercato la gratificazione immediata dell’azione focalizzandosi solo sull’O.K. Corral, Kasdan sceglie la via della pazienza narrativa, dipingendo un affresco che parte dall’adolescenza del protagonista per mostrarne la progressiva e dolorosa mutazione interiore. Il cuore pulsante dell’opera non risiede nelle pistole, ma…
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Not Bad B movie just don’t like the long runtime
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A little bloated but overall a good Western epic.
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It’s been 25 years since I had to flip a dvd over to finish a movie. My mama always told me, never put off til tomorrow people you can kill today. Come up front with these brave men, and we’ll go together. Mystery Box: 3
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I can see why Kevin Costner enjoys making these long epic tales; it’s just a damn shame they aren’t all as good as this one, Tombstone or Dances with Wolves. This one isn’t quite at the same standard, but it holds up well- minus a slow start, this one flew by.
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Rrafaelreviews 5 月 2, 2026
This might be one of the longest movies I have ever seen, and I just don’t think it needs to be that long. For a Western though it does have great night lighting.
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It pulled me in and honestly quite surprised me. Although I am writing this review over a month later, and can’t remember a lot of the film. Even though I had seen Tombstone I didn’t realise the Earps were real people until not too long before I stumbled upon this on tv. It seems they’re a strong foundation for westerns as a genre of film, or Wild West fiction in general, which is pretty flipping cool. It’s not terrible. I…
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Watch Tombstone instead, this is an inferior, bloated movie in comparison, plus Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday in Tombstone is magnificent
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I wasn’t prepared for the epic scope of this western. It’s beautifully shot and lit with Costner’s Earp played as ruthless and cold. The gunfight at the OK Corral is almost casual in its matter-of-factness, completely defying audience expectations. ACAB including Wyatt Earp.
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boringgggg
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Kevin est beaucoup trop habitué aux haircuts de merde et je sais de quoi je parle
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PPeter Hammer 4 月 28, 2026
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Seen years apart, two different reactions. When I first saw this I was twenty two years old and my father was still alive. I lived at home with my parents and my large extended family were still intact. I watched this with young optimistic eyes and thought it was a masterpiece. No I see it as a fifty plus year old and I see the warts on the movie as on myself. Way too long, too much prologue. Cliched “messed up hair” as means of showing older actors as younger characters. Dennis Quaid as Doc is Oscar Worthy. The music is great. Other than that, meh.
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Look I liked this movie a lot. IT IS VERY VERY LONG but it builds a story and a plot that takes time to develop. Definitely a slow paced western that takes alot of time to get going but it’s a classic. It’s definitely a slower, more detailed take on the Western legend that focuses heavily on character and realism. Kevin Costner gives a steady, serious performance, though the film’s long runtime can drag at times. It’s not as action-packed as other versions of the story, but it offers a more thoughtful, grounded look at the man behind the myth.
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This movie is just three hours of men staring solemnly out of windows and into the corners of rooms. By the time the movie actually makes it to the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, I feel like I understand Wyatt Earp less than I did when the movie started. Am I supposed to like him? To understand where he’s coming from? If it’s the first, then cut the last 2/3rds of the movie. If it’s the second, throw the script out and start from scratch.
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I think never seeing tombstone helped me.
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Miy épico. Como el respeto y el dolor puede corromper así a una persona. Que horror de vida neno. Masculinidad frágil
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W
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T
tombstone, but more romance/drama
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T
Wasn’t bad, wasn’t great, just lost interest after about 2 1/2hours. Why would anyone want to move to a place called “Tombstone”
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R
movie was a journey wow what a ride i love kevin geez man what a movie star
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M
Blu-ray purchase. The only thing I got lost in was how the opposition developed. I enjoy 3 hour movies like this because I have a lot to chew on, like Braveheart and JFK. As a Western it leans into the romanticized kind of story, which I can still enjoy because they don’t make them like this enough these days. Even though it has some glorified “lawman” elements, the challenges the Earps face are interesting. The cast is great. Once again I come across a story about the main character looking for a home. Maybe I’m giving this one star higher than it deserves.
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“Any man who can’t be depended on steady ain’t worth having around.” Solid life advice for all young men: ALWAYS BE USEFUL! Wyatt Earp described in a single word: INCOMPLETE! Unfortunately, the filmmakers really messed up on what could have been a truly spectacular, era defining cinematic experience. The source material defined in a single word: UNWIELDY! Wyatt Earp is the mega historical epic attempt that, more-or-less, defines this subject matter in film form even if it is both far…
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F
Vraiment aimé malgré les 3h de film. Cette version de Doc Holliday ne vaut pas 1 dixième du football proposé par Val Kilmer dans Tombstone
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C’est loooooooooong
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J
Hollywood has given the Earp, et al. a lot of credit for “taming” the ol’ west. Wyatt post-lawman went to Hollywood and campaigned heavily for his story to be told. This movie is the closest to showing him in a more negative light(Costner is poorly emoting doesn’t help) even with that, Kasden loves to show Wyatt as this hero that just has had it rough. He also seems to be tied to “Wyatt’s truth” here to the point where he…
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J
I would like it more if tombstone wasn’t so much better. Everything Cosner does feels the same.
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P
Je check mes petits papiers, Dances done, Waterworld done, Robin, Postman, Horizon, all done. Bon bah go pour Wyatt. Alors si le fil conducteur est bien le destin individuel de Wyatt Earp (duh!) , le film propose aussi un récit d’une telle telle richesse qu’il fait office d’anthologie exhaustive de l’ouest. À travers la vie d’un seul homme, on traverse ainsi toutes les strates fondatrices de l’Amérique: de la rudesse des convois de colons à la chasse aux bisons, jusqu’à…
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i like how it shows wyatt earp’s life like from the start… but this has absolutely nothing on tombstone no one can play wyatt earp like kurt russell, and i mean NO ONE can play doc holliday like val kilmer thats for flipping sure but i did like it, the casting for it was STACKED edit… i recently read a review on this film that michael madsen said n i highkey agree its too long n its bs cuz all it does is focus on kevin costner too much n it makes me so mad. it was also a little boring (i mean VERY)
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Val Kilmer’s Doc is cherished to such a degree that an incredible performance by Dennis Quaid has been completely overlooked from a historical perspective.
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The Epic Wyatt Earp (1994) King Costner rocking up in the Nineties. Read later he was supposed to be in similar project ‘Tombstone’, but fell out with the director about the ideas and decided on starting his own project. Which resulted in a biopic of ‘Wyatt Earp’ with Costner as title hero in again some western project of the troublemaking actor/director and falling victim to his becoming a Costner show. Love, honor and law and order in the Wild West. At times you have the conviction that it’s more actors playing dress up.
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C
Amazing story, the O.K Corral scene is peak, ending is sad
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G
American Western 101
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J
Elite cast
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C
Beautiful Owen Roizman cinematography and an animated Dennis Quaid performance. Other than that? A schmaltzy score, a dramatically inert screenplay, and a sleepy Kevin Costner. Kasdan knows his way around the page, so the question becomes how in the world did this arrive so dead on its feet? It’s clear they had high hopes for it as either a blockbuster, or more likely a prestige picture; that’s the only reason I can explain the money on screen—the murderer’s row casting, the sheer number of extras populating the frame, the costumes, the sets that must’ve been constructed. What the hell happened?
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M
Way too long but the characterisation and context makes so much more sense for the Tombstone movie. Watching the two together made the perfect movie somewhere in between. However of course the dialogue and acting is a step down from Tombstone which makes this inferior. Like I said the long run time is also unnecessary with some obvious cuts it could be made more streamlined with still the same context and background.
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Z
An underrated film that’s way too overhated. Sure, the 3 hours can seem excessive, but I think if you like the slow-burn genre, then this is a great watch. Plus Dennis Quaid as Doc Holiday is off the charts entertaining in this. Rip Gene Hackman, Catherine O’Hara, and Michael Madsen.
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L
A 90’s classic. Great cast and performances throughout. Costner fits the role. Beautifully shot and the storytelling keeps it interesting despite the long runtime.
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J
Wyatt Earp does a lot of things quite well (the turbo dogshit score notwithstanding) but will forever be overshadowed by Tombstone, which simply does everything better. They didn’t get Gene Hackman or Catherine O’Hara though, so that’s +1 point for Earp.
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P
“son, wyatt earp’s gotta think about his whole life before he walks from the oriental saloon to the ok corral on the afternoon of october 26 1881 in tombstone arizona…” somehow immediately reveals itself to be a handsome dud, like within minutes, but for the first hour or so, watching this was kind of like reading a YA biographical novel in the middle school library, and that was just a nice feeling to revisit. then wyatt earp is afflicted by…
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C
A good western story and I always love Kevin Costner. Today I learned that tombstone and Wyatt Earp the movie were released less than a year apart. I’ve seen tombstone before but that makes me want to watch it again and compare the storytelling.
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R
Wyatt Earp: Johnny, you’re not careful, you’ll see me once too often. Wow. The original Armageddon/Deep Impact effect. My first watch after avoiding it for years. This movie is exactly the type I love. A historical western based off of a real life, well known legend and real events. Even covers most of his life. Unfortunately it lives in the very dark shadow of the far superior Tombstone. You can’t watch it without comparing if you’re at all familiar. It…
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M
So long. Why so long? Post Dances with Wolves, this is Kevin Costner at the height of his megalomaniac run before his late 90’s downslide. The casting is baffling bananas, stacked to the rafters but ultimately horribly miscast. People like Tom Sizemore, Catherine O’Hara, and Bill Pullman stick out like a sore thumb that could/should never exist in a 19th century western world. Dennis Quaid as Doc Holliday feels so intrinsically not right, it’s hard to imagine how anyone thought…
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Great film if you enjoy slow burns. The cast of actors/actresses were fantastic. I still need to watch Tombstone to compare them. I didn’t know much about Wyatt Earp or Doc Holiday and while i’m sure a majority of it is not 100% factual it was a good starting point film wise.
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G
I believe it was the great poet Spider-Man who said, “Little known fact, the greatest hero of the Wild West couldn’t count. … So I was thinking you make a movie about him and in it, you make him full fledged retard.” I decided to watch this today for the same reason I decided to rewatch Inglourious Basterds a couple months ago: it’s leaving Netflix tomorrow. However unlike that, this ended up feeling like a complete waste of time. I hated most…
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C
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Visited Tombstone and watched the shootout reenactment. Pretty awesome sauce
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L
“There’s no excuse for drunkenness. Or for the self-pity which so often occasions it.”
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O
One thing you can say about this movie is that is sure is a movie
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Film ini ada hubungannya dengan film tombstone cuma dari sisi Wyatt dari awal cerita yang menceritakan kisahnya dari istrinya yang meninggal sampai bertemu dengan doc Holliday (karakter favorit aku)dan Josie istri pengganti yang sepadan dengan meninggalnya istri pertama Alurnya ada yang sama dengan tombstone tapi tetap Tombstone di atas levelnya,The O.G always have Aura
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E
No way he never got shot once, also it was mid as a western
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J
Good movie, dragged in places
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N
Only watched this for Kevin Costner
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P
it’s mid w/ my aunt julie Kept telling me abt the “og” Wyatt Earp
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Why did this get made? Don’t get me wrong, I love seeing Kevvy Cost playing himself in many a period piece, and this film is a veritable who’s-who of 90s stars. The movie was rambling and too long. It had very little connective tissue between scenes. K Costs, as much as I love him, has never sold me on being the charismatic romantic leading man.
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Warning: You will feel the urge to become a law-enforcinc cowboy by the end of it
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J
A solid, sprawling epic. I like that they attempted to cover Earp’s entire life, and not just the more famous moments during his constabulary career. Unfortunately, the final product is an overly long film that failed to make me feel immersed in the period. I did like some of the performances, but was left wanting with others. Quaid did a great job with Holliday that I liked, but will forever be in the shadow of Kilmer’s performance in Tombstone (which…
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K
Damn this movie is long
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F
The last time I watched Tombstone was about 10 years ago, so my review is not affected by my memories of Tombstone. Wyatt Earp has a lot going for it, the direction and soundtrack are notable standouts in the movie. The main issue is the pacing. While never extremely boring, some sections of the movie are unnecessarily long. The third act is by far the best part of the movie and the most entertaining one… except for its conclusion. And I would have definitely loved it if there wasn’t somehow a fourth act
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Tombstone but with more drama and less blood.
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POS. Can’t believe I made it through over 3 hours. Dennis Quaid saved this movie for me. Only reason I finished it. I can’t think of one positive comment. Anyone liking kev cos is out of their mind. One of the worst actors I can think of. Always disappointed to see him.
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K
If Tombstone never existed, this would be an easy 3.5 or 4.
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C
There are many movies made about Wyatt Earp and more than a few should be priority viewing above this one, but this doesn’t deserve to be thrown out. Beautiful cinematography, solid cast, probably established Earp’s worldview better than Tombstone… I know someone who prefers this movie to that one. That’s a tough call for me to make, but this is worth watching once for 3 hours.
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Probably the most boring western I’ve ever watched. After seeing it again for the first time in nearly twenty years, I remain unenthused. This movie takes its tedious time in the worst possible way. It would probably have been better if it was released as a TV movie or series, but it still would have been a yawn-fest, and still bloated by its mostly mediocre acting, pointless scenes that add nothing to the plot, lackluster action sequences, and (mostly) clichéd…
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J
Very much enjoyed this interpretation! Tombstone from ‘93 is more geared for Hollywood, but this offered a better and further reaching perspective. Would recommend for history buffs.
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The reunion of Kasdan and Costner in this western after a decade is a seminal point in both their careers. At this point Costner was not far removed from his Oscar win, and as a result did his share of weight throwing to the point where Kasdan’s involvement was more or less ornamental. Costner directed the bulk of this bloated epic. “Tombstone” having been released around the same time, was by and large a more streamlined, and by all accounts,…
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C
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F
Solid my typa western shit
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T
Un petit western qui essaye très très fort d’en être un grand. Mais au final, Costner a tout dans la moustache et rien dans le badge.
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R
“Wyatt Earp” plays as if they took “Tombstone” and pumped it full of hot air. It involves many of the same characters and much of the same story, but little of the tension and drama. It’s a rambling, unfocused biography of Wyatt Earp (Kevin Costner), starting when he’s a kid and following his development from an awkward would-be lawyer into a slick gunslinger. This is a long journey, in a three-hour film that needs better pacing. It’s obvious that the…
- Synopsis
- From Wichita to Dodge City, to the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Wyatt Earp is taught that nothing matters more than family and the law. Joined by his brothers and Doc Holliday, Earp wages war on the dreaded Clanton and McLaury gangs.
- Director
- Lawrence Kasdan
- Writer
- Lawrence Kasdan, Dan Gordon
- Studio
- Paragon Entertainment Corp., Tig Productions, Kasdan Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- USA
- Language
- English
- Year
- 1994
- Runtime
- 191 mins
- USA24 Jun 1994
- France31 Aug 1994
- Germany01 Sep 1994
- UK09 Sep 1994
- Netherlands29 Sep 1994
- Italy15 Oct 1994
- Portugal28 Oct 1994
- Czechia01 Dec 1994
- Greece30 Aug 2004
- Netherlands18 Aug 2004
- Netherlands15 Oct 2008
- Netherlands10 Jan 2003
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