Review of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) by Glen R — 14 Jul 2016

...the is still the the bar for westerns.

This review of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) was written by Glen R on 14 Jul 2016.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance has generally received very positive reviews.

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is a western in the most classic and powerful sense, among the most romantic and political…

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By Diana W (351) on 27 Oct 2017

Awesome Movie! Perhaps my alltime favorite movie, definitely my alltime favourite Western & I love Westerns…

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By Jon P (467) on 07 Jul 2014

Beautifully played and tremendously influential, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is one of the very finest of the John Ford Westerns, bathed…

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By Cameron J (1,335) on 11 Jun 2014

Man, I'd shoot Liberty Valance just to put him out of the misery of having such a girly name…

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Looking back to an era when America stood for much goodness and was still young enough to want to make things better…

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John Ford's final masterpiece proves that irony and sincerity are not enemies…

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I love the unusual pairing of two great actors in James Stewart and John Wayne…

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With all the Ford requirements and the Ford mystique, including John Wayne and James Stewart off- setting each other's archetypal physiques,…

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