Review of Joe Kidd (1972) by Roger Greenspun for The New York Times — 06 Oct 2007
For perhaps its first half-hour, John Sturges's new Western, Joe Kidd, looks surprisingly good. It seems restrained, relaxed, unfashionably out of the current mode in its commitment to people and horses rather than to sadistic monsters and machines.
Nothing remarkable, but modestly decent—a feeling that persists, with continually diminishing assurance, almost until the climax, when everything is thrown away in a flash of false theatrics, foolish symbolism and what I suspect is sloppy editing.
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This review of Joe Kidd (1972) was written by Roger Greenspun and published by The New York Times on 06 Oct 2007.
Joe Kidd has generally received mixed reviews.
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