Once Upon a Time in the West Critic Reviews

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Variety | Staff (Not credited)Add Critic to Favorites

Henry Fonda and Jason Robards relish each screen minute as the heavies, and Charles Bronson plays Clint Eastwood's 'man with no name' role. (Review of Original Release)Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

Good fun, especially if you like Leone's way of savoring the last morsel of every scene. (Review of Original Release)Read the full review

The New York Times | Vincent CanbyAdd Critic to Favorites

The biggest, longest, most expensive Leone Western to date, and, in many ways, the most absurd... Granting the fact that it is quite bad, Once Upon the Time in the West is almost always interesting, wobbling, as it does, between being an epic lampoon and a serious hommage to the men who created the dreams of Leone's childhood. (Review of Original Release)Read the full review

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