Legends Of The Fall Critic Reviews

The latest offering from Edward Zwick, the director of "Glory," is the kind of movie that doesn't require much effort to surrender to and enjoy.Read the full review

It's pretty good, in fact, with full-blooded performances and heartfelt melodrama.Read the full review

What makes Legends such an entertaining male weepie is the star shine. Though the admirable Quinn has the toughest role, Pitt carries the picture.Read the full review

Director Zwick orchestrates everything with welcome gusto, and though the result is not as meaningful as it would have you believe, it is undeniably pleasant to have this kind of production to kick around. [23 Dec 1994]Read the full review

While emotionally intense, it's neither hurried nor charged with false drama. It's also one of the most handsome of recent films, with sterling work by cameraman John Toll and production designer Lilly Kilvert.Read the full review

Legends of the Fall is so gorgeous that its failure to catch fire seems a piddling concern.Read the full review

These are performances that lost too much in the editing room, smothered by music and overshadowed by a picture-postcard vision of the American West.Read the full review

This puffed-up Western set in Big Sky country becomes a small-screen horse opera.Read the full review

Long, lumbering, pretentious and for some a possible laff riot. [23 Dec 1994]Read the full review