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Legends of the Fall (1994) Rank 3 Reviews
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UTK Daily Beacon (Adam Barnett)
San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Stack)
San Francisco Examiner (Scott Rosenberg)
Such people, one imagines, include director Edward Zwick, he of television's "thirtysomething" and the movie "Glory." With "Legends of the Fall," a New Age soap opera based on a Jim Harrison novella, Zwick rides off bravely into the Montana wilderness of ...read the complete Legends of the Fall movie review at San Francisco Examiner (Scott Rosenberg)
San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Stack)
DVDActive (Malcolm Campbell)
Legends is a wonderful movie that has been given an excellent transfer to DVD with a dynamic yet delicate soundtrack. Featuring top notch cinematography and an expert cast it is a shame that the story wasn’t at the same level. For all those Brad ...read the complete Legends of the Fall movie review at DVDActive (Malcolm Campbell)
DVD Clinic (Jason Adams)
In early twentieth century Montana, three brothers grow up with their father, heavily devoted to each other and their rugged life on the cattle farm. When the youngest sibling brings home his beautiful fiancé, it sets in motion tumultuous decades that ...read the complete Legends of the Fall movie review at DVD Clinic (Jason Adams)
UpcomingDiscs.com (Clayton Self)
Legends of the Fall is one of those movies that sets its own standards for greatness and actually achieves them. That is very rare in cinema. Legends has a great Director, Edward Zwick, who brought the recent hit The Last Samurai. The performances are ...read the complete Legends of the Fall movie review at UpcomingDiscs.com (Clayton Self)
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Tucson Weekly (Zachary Woodruff)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Legends of the Fall" is the kind of movie where you have to make a conscious effort to keep the words "Big Sky Country" out of the first paragraph of the review.It's an epic Western saga ...read the complete Legends of the Fall movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)
This twisting and turning romantic marathon has its share of strong points - but brevity and plausibility aren't among them. ...read the complete Legends of the Fall movie review at Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)
IMDB.com
Set in turnofthecentury Montana, LEGENDS OF THE FALL is the story of the Ludlow family, whose patriarch (Anthony Hopkins) is a career soldier who moves the family when he retires in disgust over the government's policy towards Indians. The main action ...read the complete Legends of the Fall movie review at IMDB.com
Cinema in Focus (Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin)
Movieprop.com: Review and Plot Summary
CultureDose.net (John Nesbit)
DVD Movie Guide - Superbit Collection
Movie Vault (Friday and Saturday Night Critic)
Christian Spotlight on the Movies
Washington Post (Desson Howe)
Spirituality & Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
Palo Alto Online (Susan Tavernetti)
Giuseppe Cristiano in I'm Not ScaredItalian summer, circa 1978. Life in the country is simple and fraught with the pleasures of youth: lazy games of tag through fields of bleached wheat, bicycling the backroads of the countryside and exploring the ...read the complete Legends of the Fall movie review at Palo Alto Online (Susan Tavernetti)
filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Legends of the Fall is a sprawling epic about three brothers, their father, and the woman who weaves among all of them. The film is primarily focused with the middle brother, played by Brad Pitt. Pitt is the only redeeming feature of the film; ...read the complete Legends of the Fall movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)
Some people rank this film very highly and return for repeated viewings. If you haven't seen it, it's worth renting for its good qualities and visual beauty. Frankly, I'd rather visit Montana and the Canadian Rockies sometime in real ...read the complete Legends of the Fall movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)
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