Review of The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) by Roger Ebert for Chicago Sun-Times — 04 May 1992
Clint Eastwood's The Outlaw Josey Wales is a strange and daring Western that brings together two of the genre's usually incompatible story lines. On the one hand, it's about a loner, a man of action and few words, who turns his back on civilization and lights out for the Indian nations.
On the other hand, it's about a group of people heading West who meet along the trail and cast their destinies together. What happens next is supposed to be against the rules in Westerns, as if Jeremiah Johnson were crossed with Stagecoach: Eastwood, the loner, becomes the group's leader and father figure.
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This review of The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) was written by Roger Ebert and published by Chicago Sun-Times on 04 May 1992.
The Outlaw Josey Wales has generally received very positive reviews.
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