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By Bill Weber (150) for Stylus Magazine (16) on 01 Dec 2007

This watchable but indulgent curio blings up the petty vanities and ambitions of the criminal class, and lays greater themes in their graves…

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By Anthony Quinn (478) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 30 Nov 2007

Compared to Walter Hill's 1980 movie The Long Riders, also about the James gang, this feels an underpowered affair…

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By David Gritten (155) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 30 Nov 2007

Above all, there's the sense of immersion in a world of harsh beauty whose time is running out…

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By James Christopher (268) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 30 Nov 2007

Andrew Dominik's sensational film debags a cherished idol…

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By Daniel Etherington (128) for Film4 (1,522) on 30 Nov 2007

A graceful, intelligent movie, and one that gives Casey Affleck a chance to really shine…

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By David Jenkins (910) for Time Out (7,510) on 29 Nov 2007

Pitt, toying with his death-wish like some private joke, is eminently watchable in a role with little developmental arc; while Affleck, as…

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By Rob Daniel (202) for Sky Cinema (1,726) on 29 Nov 2007

Paced like a Terrence Malick or Stanley Kubrick film it will not appeal to everyone, but for those accustomed to using their eyes, ears and…

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By Stella Papamichael (611) for BBC.com (1,500) on 29 Nov 2007

Apparently, all the world needs a hero and there is nobody better than Brad Pitt, with all his untouchable starriness, to fill those boots…

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By Mark Salisbury (41) for Total Film (3,532) on 29 Nov 2007

The running time and pacing may scare some, but Dominik has crafted an instant classic, with poetic visuals, sensational performances and a…

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By Peterd. (8) on 29 Nov 2007

I've never seen so many people walk out of the cinema before…

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By Anthony Lane (1,079) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 20 Nov 2007

It is no mean feat to make a boring film about Jesse James, but Andrew Dominik has pulled it off in style…

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By Sandra Hall (505) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 17 Nov 2007

The plot's restless shifts in point of view mean that significant action and mere movement become hopelessly confused with one another…

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By Danl. (18) on 14 Nov 2007

Not only was it beautifully shot- the music also fitted effortlessly and dramatised the effect…

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By Generall. (1) on 10 Nov 2007

Excellent movie, no hollywood-flick but an emotional, historically correct masterpiece, that builds it's tension not by surprising plot-twists…

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By Jeffrey Westhoff (767) for Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (767) on 07 Nov 2007

Although it takes place 126 years ago, the film is most fascinating for its contemporary echoes…

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By Prairie Miller (985) for NewsBlaze (855) on 01 Nov 2007

Brad Pitt struts his bad boy outlaw stuff with guns blazing, and a good cigar smoke after the deed is done…

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By Mtm. (1) on 29 Oct 2007

A fierce and beautifully stylized requiem to an era- easily our own- a post-apocalyptic monochrome Book of Hours, all quirky medieval illumination…

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By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 25 Oct 2007

a meditation on the nature of celebrity and the superstitious need of thwarted little men to smash their idols…

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By Ken Hanke (2,234) for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (2,247) on 23 Oct 2007

It all adds up to a rewarding work of unusual density…

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By Rcr (5) on 21 Oct 2007

An excellent film. Its plodding pace mirrors the slow boil of youthful fantasy turned matured disillusionment…

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