Review of The Big Country (1958) by Peter S — 17 Jun 2007

This epic beyond realism tale of four archtypes puts to shame brokeback mountain(which I have never seen).

This review of The Big Country (1958) was written by Peter S on 17 Jun 2007.

The Big Country has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of The Big Country

Review of The Big Country (1958)

By Nicole B (476) on 22 Dec 2013

A couple of weird edits in there. But great story and Gregory Peck on a horse, yeowzas…

Read Review

Review of The Big Country (1958)

By Joel A (1,152) on 03 Oct 2015

Gr8 flixie another lost review dirtbags…

Read Review

Review of The Big Country (1958)

By Andy B (1,077) on 15 Jan 2011

Big traditional Western, one of the best examples of the genre. Recommended…

Read Review

Review of The Big Country (1958)

By Sally A (349) on 17 Jan 2014

Huge western. Chuck Connors is best in my book. Watch Heston put on his pants just before he sets out to fight Peck…

Read Review

Review of The Big Country (1958)

By Kem W (97) on 10 Dec 2011

An engaging and entertaining Western epic. The cast is fine and it's wonderfully shot. Plus, extra points for Burl Ives…

Read Review

Review of The Big Country (1958)

By Bill C (822) on 16 Jul 2013

From the benchmark fifties, Wyler's classic western remains a reference point for the genre to this day…

Read Review

Review of The Big Country (1958)

By Kevin R (2,184) on 19 Oct 2015

He's going to be the most surprised dead man you ever saw. A Navy man heads out west to meet his fiancée he has agreed to marry…

Read Review

Review of The Big Country (1958)

By Philip French (1,151) for The Observer (UK) (826) on 13 Jul 2015

William Wyler’s sprawling Western about iron-willed ranchers squabbling over desirable land, The Big Country, is one of the prime wide-screen…

Read Review

Review of The Big Country (1958)

By Stephen B (1,233) on 10 Jul 2011

One of the great westerns and one of the greatest soundtrack/music scores ever…

Read Review

Review of The Big Country (1958)

By K-Lin C (25) on 01 Mar 2012

I have watched this film at least a dozen times…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of A Dash of Love (2017)

By Des S (597) on 05 Mar 2017

This was a really good story. I liked how it was a little different than the usual Hallmark Valentine movies…

Read Review

Review of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)

By Aninowatcher (1) on 17 Sep 2002

Simply put: worst movie i've watched in a long long time. Can you spell B-O-R-I-N-G??? And don't give me crap bout it being a chick flick…

Read Review

Review of Forrest Gump (1994)

By Jedwards (7) on 29 Aug 2015

This overly sentimental film has often been regarded as one of the finest in cinema history, which it is anything but…

Read Review

Review of American Beauty (1999)

By Chrisl (15) on 04 Jun 2009

A really awful overblown and pompous film with very poor directing extremely awkward dialogue, and terrible acting…

Read Review

Review of The Right Stuff (1983)

By Scott R (2,451) on 15 Jan 2018

I'm not a contrarian by nature but I just don't get all the great reviews for this bloated movie…

Read Review

Review of Everybody Loves Somebody (2017)

By Kathy Y (9) on 09 Jul 2017

This movie lacked depth - the plot line was obvious and the characters, aside from one, were not interesting. The acting was also lacking…

Read Review

Review of EverAfter (1998)

By Keith Phipps (1,177) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 27 Apr 2001

It's... directed by Andy Tennant (It Takes Two) with all the flair of an episode of 7th Heaven, making it that much more worth avoiding…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Babylon

2022

68%144 Reviews

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

79%458 Reviews

Deadpool 2

2018

76%1,635 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

John Wick: Chapter 4

2023

78%170 Reviews

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022

78%291 Reviews

Talk to Me

2023

74%83 Reviews

Dark Waters

2019

76%68 Reviews

Interstellar

2014

83%1,261 Reviews

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017

69%660 Reviews