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Réalisateur : John Sturges
Scénario : Elmore Leonard
Direction artistique : Alexander Golitzen
Producteur : Sidney Beckermann
Genre : Aventure
Année : 1972
Pays : États-Unis
Date de sortie en salles :
14 juillet 1972 (USA),
11 août 1972 (France)
Durée : 84 minutes
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Not one of Clint's best western but it's still decent
Author: KineticSeoul from United States
14 October 2011
This may not be one of the best western to feature Clint Eastwood, but it's still a decent western. Yeah, the plot maybe a bit standard but still the movie does have it's moments few times. The triumphant soundtrack is also a plus. on the negative side the story is pretty standard and the movie just isn't all that character driven either. It just lacked certain elements that made some of Clint's other western films great. The part that I liked was how it's difficult to choose a side for a while.
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Sometimes the movie seemed to try a bit too hard to show how short tempered and badass the main protagonist is while also having some moral ethics. Although it can sometimes be cool to see the effects of his short temper. Some aspects of this film just seemed a bit forced and although it's a decent western not much really stood out. In fact it seemed more like a western TV show episode than a actual movie. Besides
the fact that this movie has two great actors, Clint Eastwood and Robert Duvall.6.4/10
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Eastwood is wonderful!
Author: jwilliams5 from Mesa, Arizona
7 March 2012
Clint was already a veteran of many westerns by the time he made "Joe Kidd" and, though many don't find it among his best, it shows Clint as the Joe of the title doing what he does best.As a ne'er-do-well who ends up siding with Luis Chama (Saxon), a wanted Mexican bandito, Kidd does battle with a group of bounty hunters (led by a suitably villainous Duvall) out for Chama's blood."Joe Kidd" is leisurely but not uninteresting; after all, any film written by Elmore Leonard has interesting points (just look at his later work).
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Clint was already a veteran of many westerns by the time he made "" and, though many don't find it among his best, it shows Clint as the Joe of the title doing what he does best.As a ne'er-do-well who ends up siding with Luis Chama (Saxon), a wanted Mexican bandito, Kidd does battle with a group of bounty hunters (led by a suitably villainous Duvall) out for Chama's blood. is leisurely but not uninteresting; after all, any film written by Elmore Leonard has interesting points (just look at his later work).
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And when I saw Clint eye that train, I knew something was going to happen (you'll have to see that one yourself).Overall, "Joe Kidd" may not be as big as "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" or as profound as "Unforgiven", but it's a good film nonetheless and bears watching. If just for that classic Eastwood squint.
Eight stars. And for future reference, never upset a man holding a pot of stew.
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Mwouais...s'il n' y avait que des chef-d'oeuvre,on trouverai encore le moyen
de comparer le quel des chef-d'oeuvre est plus chef que les autres...de tous les temps etc...
