Joe Kidd

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Joe Kidd

PG,

1972,

1h 28m,

Western

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In New Mexico, one-time bounty hunter Joe Kidd owns a ranch where a nearby group of Mexican revolutionaries, led by Luis Chama, fights for their rightful land after the U.S. government denies their claims. In response, a greedy landowner gathers a posse to capture Chama and solicits Kidd's assistance. Kidd, who has no interest in the matter, changes his mind when he discovers Chama has stolen a horse and roughed up a worker from his ranch.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Oct 23, 2004

2/4

All I can tell you about Clint Eastwood in Joe Kidd is that he plays a ruthless gunman of few words. This isn't exactly a surprise... The funny thing about Joe Kidd, though, is that we can't keep straight whose side he's on, or why.

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

Dec 4, 2020

...a mediocrity...

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James Clay

Fresh Fiction

Nov 19, 2020

B

Scripted by Elmore Leonard, this breezy open-air Western finds a formidable punch against masculinity by questioning the need for power while being supremely entertaining and never straying from Eastwood's clinched-jaw aesthetic.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Oct 30, 2020

3/4

Colorfully played by character actors Don Stroud, James Wainwright, and Paul Koslo, the villainous sidekicks spark the proceedings and provide Eastwood's hero with interesting antagonists.

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Brian Orndorf

Blu-ray.com

Apr 20, 2014

B

It's lesser Eastwood (and Leonard and Sturges), but it's impossible to squash the spirit of the work, which carries the film far enough to satisfy basic needs from the genre, making it a lark, but a convincing one.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

May 1, 2009

It's still a prime example of a good, sturdy bread-and-butter Western.

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Anakin W

Dec 2, 2018

I can not sleep through too many of Eastwood's films, but this is one of them. It has him in this 70's anti bad system Western, which has little story, and event less direction. This film has no tension, or acting; everyone took the money and ran with this film, John Saxon has to be one of the most forgettable b actors every. One can remember the face, but never the name. John does it again with this film. If Joe Kidd got killed early in this film it would have saved me the time of watching it. Pretty standard western fare features the usual combination of land disputes, posses, limited dialogue and lots of shooting, with little original in it to commend it to the viewer. Clint's character is ridiculous at the beginning and the jail scene does not really do anything to set up the rest of the movie. He's a drunk that hit the sheriff but he turns down $500 to hunt down Chama? So he's a drunk with honor?(Boring western from early 70s).

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Hermione R

Apr 14, 2018

clint eastwood is one of my favs

Leia P

Aug 25, 2017

This is a good, solid Client Eastwood western with plenty of strong points, but despite the many good people involved it doesn't rise to the top. In terms of look and tone it's halfway between a heavily stylized spaghetti western and a classic Hollywood one.

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Anakin M

Jun 28, 2017

By no means the best Clint Eastwood Western this is still an entertaining and well acted film albeit one without much depth and some predictability. The action however is great, I like the score, the landscapes look fantastic and Eastwood plays the typical cowboy badass brilliantly as per usual.

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Abraham S

Feb 26, 2017

Drives a train into a Saloon bar

Han G

Nov 29, 2015

Almost could've been good. The tackiness distracted.

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John Sturges

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Clint Eastwood

Joe Kidd

Robert Duvall

Frank Harlan

John Saxon

Luis Chama

Don Stroud

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Stella Garcia

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In New Mexico, one-time bounty hunter Joe Kidd owns a ranch where a nearby group of Mexican revolutionaries, led by Luis Chama, fights for their rightful land after the U.S. government denies their claims. In response, a greedy landowner gathers a posse to capture Chama and solicits Kidd's assistance. Kidd, who has no interest in the matter, changes his mind when he discovers Chama has stolen a horse and roughed up a worker from his ranch.

Director: John Sturges
Producer: Sidney Beckerman
Screenwriter: Elmore Leonard
Production Co: Universal/Universal Int
Rating: PG
Genre: Western
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 7, 2015
Runtime: 1h 28m

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