Wyatt Earp (1994) DVD Reviews

Starring	Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Jeff Fahey
Director	Lawrence Kasdan
Genres	Action/Adventure

Critics' reviews (3) of Wyatt Earp
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Not every film in the western revival of the early 1990s was on a par with the Oscar-winning Dances with Wolves and Unforgiven. This TV movie is an ill-conceived attempt to wring the last drop out of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp series that ran for an amazing number of episodes on American TV between 1955 and 1961, and uses colourised clips from the black-and-white original. Hugh O'Brian returns in the role that made his name, searching for a gravestone inscription and confronting a cocky young sureshot. He pluckily attempts to roll back the years, but the story would have worked better as one of the original half-hour shows.
- Radio Times
- Posted 29 Jan 2006
Over-solemn retelling of a story familiar from many other Westerns, though never before at this length or detail. Moments of tedium are inevitable, and after a revisionist beginning the film finally settles for a celebration of a mythic hero, with Costner
- Halliwell's Film Guide
- Posted 02 Mar 2006
Costner's Earp is a 'deliberate' man, and Kasdan's big-budget over-long epic is deliberate to a fault. Depicting... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008
Most helpful members' reviews (3) of Wyatt Earp
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8 out of 8 people found this review helpful

Second Thoughts

When I first saw this film in 1995 I was not overly impressed. Seeing it again changed my view considerably. Although a long film, as many Costner movies are, and with considerable focus on the American landscape, it combines an old fashioned western style with more of the realism expected of today's cinema.

Costner's performance from an 'innocent' young man to a much harder and cynical middle aged man is excellent. It makes Earp an interesting character, although at times, not always likeable.

Overall, its a film to see when you can concentrate and reflect.
- - Allen Page from Ashford, England
  - Posted 26 Nov 2004 06:22
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

Wyatt Earp

This is a sprawling Western epic chronicling the life of the legendary lawman Wyatt Earp.

The movie spans Earp's life from Wichita, Dodge City and the OK Corral to California.

It is a journey of romance, adventure and heroic action. The movie also shows an insight into Earp's relationships with his family, brothers, Doc Holiday and love interests.

Kevin Costner stars as Earp with Dennis Quaid as Doc Holiday.

Highly recommended.
- - A customer from North Wales
  - Posted 08 May 2006 15:36
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

A good biopic

I am fascinated by the life of Wyatt Earp and thought this film was very well done and well handled. Costner was great but I think Dennis Quaid's was the stand out performance. I do think it was too long and seemed hard to get into at first but was constantly interesting. I highly recommend Tomstone which was released in the same year, more my taste but doesn't go into as much detail.
- - A customer from Portsmouth
  - Posted 05 Dec 2005 15:31
Most recent members' reviews (2) of Wyatt Earp
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

A good biopic

I am fascinated by the life of Wyatt Earp and thought this film was very well done and well handled. Costner was great but I think Dennis Quaid's was the stand out performance. I do think it was too long and seemed hard to get into at first but was constantly interesting. I highly recommend Tomstone which was released in the same year, more my taste but doesn't go into as much detail.
- - A customer from Portsmouth
  - Posted 05 Dec 2005 15:31
8 out of 8 people found this review helpful

Second Thoughts

When I first saw this film in 1995 I was not overly impressed. Seeing it again changed my view considerably. Although a long film, as many Costner movies are, and with considerable focus on the American landscape, it combines an old fashioned western style with more of the realism expected of today's cinema.

Costner's performance from an 'innocent' young man to a much harder and cynical middle aged man is excellent. It makes Earp an interesting character, although at times, not always likeable.

Overall, its a film to see when you can concentrate and reflect.
- - Allen Page from Ashford, England
  - Posted 26 Nov 2004 06:22

8 out of 8 people found this review helpful

Second Thoughts

When I first saw this film in 1995 I was not overly impressed. Seeing it again changed my view considerably. Although a long film, as many Costner movies are, and with considerable focus on the American landscape, it combines an old fashioned western style with more of the realism expected of today's cinema.

Costner's performance from an 'innocent' young man to a much harder and cynical middle aged man is excellent. It makes Earp an interesting character, although at times, not always likeable.

Overall, its a film to see when you can concentrate and reflect.
- - Allen Page from Ashford, England
  - Posted 26 Nov 2004 06:22
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

Wyatt Earp

This is a sprawling Western epic chronicling the life of the legendary lawman Wyatt Earp.

The movie spans Earp's life from Wichita, Dodge City and the OK Corral to California.

It is a journey of romance, adventure and heroic action. The movie also shows an insight into Earp's relationships with his family, brothers, Doc Holiday and love interests.

Kevin Costner stars as Earp with Dennis Quaid as Doc Holiday.

Highly recommended.
- - A customer from North Wales
  - Posted 08 May 2006 15:36
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

A good biopic

I am fascinated by the life of Wyatt Earp and thought this film was very well done and well handled. Costner was great but I think Dennis Quaid's was the stand out performance. I do think it was too long and seemed hard to get into at first but was constantly interesting. I highly recommend Tomstone which was released in the same year, more my taste but doesn't go into as much detail.
- - A customer from Portsmouth
  - Posted 05 Dec 2005 15:31
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

Classic Costner Film

Enjoyable, well acted and entertaining film but overlong and slow.
- - A customer from Hampshire, England
  - Posted 04 Aug 2005 11:06
Looks lovely but drags

Gorgeously photographed and art-directed, but script and direction are too polite to be genuinely compelling.

"Tombstone", made and released at the same time is far more adventurous with the same story and much more enjoyable.
- - KeithW from NEATH
  - Posted 26 Jan 2005 13:47
A must see film

A very authentic proof film on a western legend that was Wyatt Earp, this is a great bio/film of Wyatt Earp and his campaign against the agitators that were the cowboys, full of action packed gun smoking adventure, a must see if you like your westerns, certainly a personal favourite of mine.
- - philphull from Co. Antrim
  - Posted 20 Feb 2005 16:11
a long good film

a good film with the classic kevin costner mistake.Its tooo long.although you can tell the character as been thoroughly researched there is a limit to how much detail the average cinema film goer needs to know.Other wise a quality film
- - terry STANLEY from doncaster
  - Posted 06 Nov 2006 19:07
Excellent!

This is a excellent biopic from Kevin Costner. Dennis Quaid is acting brilliant and Gene Hackman is playing the usual baddy. A Great watch for all you western lovers out there.
- - Leon Blackwood from Newbury Park, Ilford, Essex
  - Posted 29 Nov 2006 09:23
EXCELLENT

A well tried and tested film laid out better than most, Cosner excells.
- - Adrian Hughes from Worcester
  - Posted 10 Feb 2007 16:19
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Slow

I found the film very slow and too long. Maybe, but I do not think so, I could have enjoyed if the film had been shorter
- - Robert Lilley from Hampshire
  - Posted 21 Feb 2007 09:02

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Critics' reviews (3)
Not every film in the western revival of the early 1990s was on a par with the Oscar-winning Dances with Wolves and Unforgiven. This TV movie is an ill-conceived attempt to wring the last drop out of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp series that ran for an amazing number of episodes on American TV between 1955 and 1961, and uses colourised clips from the black-and-white original. Hugh O'Brian returns in the role that made his name, searching for a gravestone inscription and confronting a cocky young sureshot. He pluckily attempts to roll back the years, but the story would have worked better as one of the original half-hour shows.
- Radio Times
- Posted 29 Jan 2006
Over-solemn retelling of a story familiar from many other Westerns, though never before at this length or detail. Moments of tedium are inevitable, and after a revisionist beginning the film finally settles for a celebration of a mythic hero, with Costner
- Halliwell's Film Guide
- Posted 02 Mar 2006
Costner's Earp is a 'deliberate' man, and Kasdan's big-budget over-long epic is deliberate to a fault. Depicting... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  Epic biography about legendary cowboy Wyatt Earp. The film spans Earp's life, from his youth, when blood and gore made him deeply uncomfortable, to his role in the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral, to his becoming a rigid, by-the-book sheriff. Also dramatized are Earp's relationships with his ...