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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 06 Oct 2007

I love the tone writer/director Andrew Dominik establishes in the film; it's the dragging-it-out-to-160-minutes part that gets me down…

Review of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 05 Oct 2007

a quintessential work of the American Western genre. Brad Pitt gives the best performance of his career…

Review of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 04 Oct 2007

The movie has an almost hypnotic quality; its spare and often beautiful shots seem to sear themselves into the camera's lens…

Review of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

By Chris Vognar (609) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 04 Oct 2007

This is a 160-minute art Western, and if you're up for such a beast it is a glory to behold…

Review of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

By Mary F. Pols (536) for Contra Costa Times (478) on 04 Oct 2007

Assassination offers enough in the way of performance (Sam Rockwell and Paul Schneider are particularly good in supporting roles) and mood…

Review of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

By Sara Michelle Fetters (1,688) for MovieFreak.com (1,674) on 04 Oct 2007

For me, this is sublime poetry…

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By Cherryl Dawson And Leigh Ann Palone (956) for TheMovieChicks.com (956) on 04 Oct 2007

In order for a movie to be great, it doesn't have to be the one you watch the longest, just the one you don't want to end (this doesn't quite…

Review of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

By Peter Sobczynski (1,159) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 03 Oct 2007

Andrew Dominik has taken the familiar story and reconstructed it is such a fascinatingly abstract manner that it feels as if we are watching…

Review of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

By Carrie Rickey (1,198) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 03 Oct 2007

Everything about The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is longer than it needs to be. Its title, for one thing…

Review of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

By Matt Pais (1,519) for Metromix.com (1,085) on 03 Oct 2007

Breathes vibrant, murderous life into a Western that's a welcome change from the usual group of guys wandering across the desert…

Review of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

By Andrew Wright (312) for The Stranger (Seattle, WA) (891) on 02 Oct 2007

Sustained passages of eerie, Malickian beauty (an early sequence involving a train robbery feels like one of the reasons that film was invented),…

Review of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

By Jack Mathews (1,044) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 30 Sep 2007

Does something no other Jesse James movie has done: It tells the truth…

Review of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

By David Poland (216) for Movie City News (162) on 29 Sep 2007

A simple, clean, smart idea for a story turned into an agonizingly pretentious mess with world class cinematography and some good performances…

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By Nell Minow (2,357) for Beliefnet (937) on 28 Sep 2007

It is a broody psychological Western, a lot of peering out into endless prairie landscapes, as much Ingmar Bergman as John Ford, with a little…

Review of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

By Bill Gibron (1,013) for PopMatters (2,617) on 28 Sep 2007

Fact is, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford should have been better…

Review of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

By Eric Lurio (584) for Entertainment Insiders (294) on 28 Sep 2007

This is the year's epic western, and one wonders why it took so long to get out of the cutting room. See it…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Ebert & Roeper (629) on 24 Sep 2007

If you love classic and stylish mood Westerns such as McCabe and Mrs. Miller and The Long Riders, this is your film…

Review of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

By Susan Granger (2,214) for www.susangranger.com (329) on 23 Sep 2007

When a film runs 2 hrs. 40 min., it's often because the writer is directing - so there's no one to tell him to trim 40 min. - or else…

Review of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

By Ron Wilkinson (582) for Monsters and Critics (513) on 23 Sep 2007

A creepy and daring look into one of the most destructive, and self-destructive of American anti-heroes…

Review of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

By Rob Vaux (1,125) for Flipside Movie Emporium (617) on 20 Sep 2007

The sheer craftsmanship on display ensures a modicum of goodwill, but at two hours and 40 minutes, even the most patient souls may begin to squirm…

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