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By Johnny (29) on 08 Nov 2008

Absolutely spellbinding. An endlessly interesting character study that's flawlessly written and directed…

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By Rob (117) on 21 Oct 2008

Visually, very well done. But slow, and way too long. Unbearably so. Had it been a little faster I could have dealt with the length…

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By Bob Mondello (417) for NPR.org (106) on 17 Oct 2008

Writer-director Andrew Dominik takes his time with the story, but his languorous pacing allows tension to build -- and permits the actors,…

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By Christopher Orr (399) for The New Republic (897) on 17 Sep 2008

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is the story...of the moment in America when myth was murdered by mere celebrity…

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By Richr. (21) on 26 Jul 2008

Hmm, I finally got around to watching this on DVD, and WOW! I like Brad Pitt a lot, although something tells me I shouldn't…

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By Momom (1) on 23 Jul 2008

Although a rather long movie, the movie captures the last few months before james' death. I highly praise Affleck's performance…

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By J. Hoberman (756) for Village Voice (8,525) on 26 Jun 2008

Although not as radically defamiliarizing as Jim Jarmusch's avant-western Dead Man, Jesse James has the feel of an attic ransacked for abandoned…

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By Wesm. (12) on 24 Jun 2008

Very enjoyable, especially the last thirty minutes, however; it is, in the words of one critic, in desperate need of a ruthless editor…

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By Kevin Mccarthy (392) for WJFK-FM (CBS Radio) (143) on 23 May 2008

As of October 1st 2007, this is officially the best film I have seen all year…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 14 May 2008

A long, ambitious, fitfully rewarding movie, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is less about the gun-toting outlaws…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for MSNBC (243) on 30 Apr 2008

Jesse James is that rarest of birds -- an art film with mass appeal…

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By Jaym. (11) on 08 Apr 2008

This western meditation on the perils of celebrity is certainly one of the best films of 2007…

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By [Anonymous] (537) on 22 Mar 2008

Not to dismiss John Wayne; but this is the best movie ever in the Western genre…

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By Galens. (1) on 10 Mar 2008

I was a little hesitant to purchase this D.V.D., considering the fact that I don't like western films at all…

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By Jeff Bayer (445) for The Scorecard Review (437) on 03 Mar 2008

Even though the film looks beautiful there are things that rubbed me the wrong way…

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By Smitha. (1) on 29 Feb 2008

I am a connoisseur of cinematic detail. Especially in historical movies that I have a fair knowledge of the times they depict…

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By Brandon Fibbs (448) for Colorado Springs Gazette (140) on 28 Feb 2008

Assassination is a throwback to another time when films were allowed to be unhurried, when audiences trusted multiple story lines to converge…

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

By Ke (8) on 26 Feb 2008

The long title gives away the plot, but damn is the movie good…

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By Mattr (9) on 22 Feb 2008

An instant classic western anyone who rates this movie poorly has no taste…

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By Amy Nicholson (961) for I.E. Weekly (269) on 22 Feb 2008

When Ford finally pulls the trigger, it's a relief as the flick's final ten minutes spin into actually interesting terrain…

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