Review of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) by Mervyn M — 05 Sep 2016

This was a four star film with a two star ridiculously long running time, shame.

This review of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) was written by Mervyn M on 05 Sep 2016.

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Fantastic Western. Dour and pensive. It's a very human story so it's hard to completely hate Afflecks character…

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By Stephanie L (419) on 27 Jun 2017

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By Paul N (1,195) on 05 Sep 2016

This was a four star film with a two star ridiculously long running time, shame…

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By Vel V (9) on 02 Sep 2017

I love westerns (thanks to my Dad :) ) and I can forgive a lot in a bad western but THIS western... omg .... somebody please end my misery…

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