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Heaven's Gate (1980) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Heaven's Gate (1980) a score of 2.4496 out of 4

based on (27) reviews

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Excellent

(2)

Very Good

(15)

Good

(8)

Fair

(0)

Poor

(2)

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Movie Martyr (Jeremy Heilman)

Critically mauled upon its initial release, partially due to its contemplative pacing and gargantuan budget and partly because its first theatrical release was seventy minutes shorter than the director intended, Michael Cimino�s elegiac western...read the complete Heaven's Gate (1980) review at Movie Martyr (Jeremy Heilman)

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Village Voice (Michael Atkinson)

The lie of frontier idealism is debunked, and Vilmos Zsigmond's mistily gorgeous cinematography is virtually an act of mourning in and of itself....read the complete Heaven's Gate (1980) review at Village Voice (Michael Atkinson)

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filmcritic.com (Mark Athitakis)

Heaven’s Gate is not, as its reputation suggests, the worst Hollywood movie ever made. Looked at in a certain light it even has some brilliance to it, and at stray moments you can even forget that Michael Cimino’s film is now a...read the complete Heaven's Gate (1980) review at filmcritic.com (Mark Athitakis)