Review of The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) by Richard Eder for The New York Times — 01 Apr 1991
The movie tends to muffle and sell short whatever points it may be trying to make. There seems to be a ghost of an attempt to assert the romantic individualism of the South against the cold expansionism of the North.
Every Unionist is vicious and incompetent, whereas Wales, despite his spitting, is really a perfect gentleman. There is something cynical about this primitive one-sidedness in what is not only a historical context, but happens also to be our own historical context.
To the degree a movie asserts history, it should at least attempt to do it fairly.
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This review of The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) was written by Richard Eder and published by The New York Times on 01 Apr 1991.
The Outlaw Josey Wales has generally received very positive reviews.
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