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Alamo, The (2004) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Alamo, The (2004) a score of 2.4435 out of 4

based on (233) reviews

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Excellent

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Very Good

(130)

Good

(69)

Fair

(22)

Poor

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DVD Clinic ("Indiana Sev")

A retelling of the historical 13-day standoff held at the Alamo, in 1836, where fewer than two hundred men went up against thousands of Mexicans, under the command of their dictator, Santa Anna. Four men, Davy Crockett, Sam Houston, Jim Bowie and...read the complete Alamo, The (2004) review at DVD Clinic ("Indiana Sev")

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San Francisco Chronicle (Carla Meyer)

Impressively staged, "The Alamo" features a fine performance by Billy Bob Thornton as Davy Crockett, the Tennessee congressman and outdoorsman who fought alongside the severely outnumbered Texas rebels during a 13-day standoff in 1836. The movie also...read the complete Alamo, The (2004) review at San Francisco Chronicle (Carla Meyer)

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CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)

Great performances and big Texas skies can�t fix disjointed storytelling and bland action sequences....read the complete Alamo, The (2004) review at CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)

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Reel.com

"Remember the Alamo!" is how the popular phrase goes. It's just too bad that co-screenwriter and director John Lee Hancock apparently never paused to consider that before embarking on the lengthy new Disney Western, The Alamo—a film so lacking in...read the complete Alamo, The (2004) review at Reel.com