Review of Rio Bravo (1959) by Norm D — 23 Mar 2018
100%? Really? This was 30-mins too long with 2-hours of literal waiting for 10-minutes, finally, of some pretty mild semi-showdown action. Until then there's every cowboy cliche and Waynerism - plus some totally Hollywood movie singing what with Dino and Ricky in cow town.
Also, Hawks forgot that a town needs townspeople. Guess he ran out of budget for extras & stand-ins. It's very hard to understand these ratings except as a cinematic museum piece for Marion Morrison, aka John Wayne.
| ~ Norm de Guerre.
This review of Rio Bravo (1959) was written by Norm D on 23 Mar 2018.
Rio Bravo has generally received very positive reviews.
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