Fresh
Nothing terribly original happens in this remake of a 1957 semi-classic that starred Glenn Ford and Van Heflin, but everything happens smoothly and with grace.
Bob Mondello, NPR.org
Overview
In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the "3:10 to Yuma", a train that will take the killer to trial.
Director and cast
- James Mangold Director
- Russell Crowe as Ben Wade
- Christian Bale as Dan Evans
- Peter Fonda as Byron McElroy
- Gretchen Mol as Alice Evans
- Ben Foster as Charlie Prince
- Dallas Roberts as Grayson Butterfield
- Alan Tudyk as Doc Potter
- Vinessa Shaw as Emmy Nelson
- Logan Lerman as William Evans
- Kevin Durand as Tucker
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
89%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Having the chutzpah to make a straightforward, unself-aware oater feels downright revolutionary. Whether that's enough to justify this enterprise, however, is debatable.
David Fear, Time Out New York
Fresh
Mangold's film is more than sufficiently subtexty and cynical for our modern sensibilities while simultaneously embracing Mangold's obvious pleasure in the Westerns' time-honored swinging saloon doors and stern masculine traditions.
Mark Bourne, Film.com
Fresh
Mangold delivers a taut modern take on a lesser classic, preserving the High Noon themes about doing the right thing against all odds, and injecting a more modern pacing and urgency without going overboard.
Tasha Robinson, AV Club
Fresh
The two leads' sparking byplay, Crowe's addled cockiness versus Bale's nervy grit, would grace any surroundings, but it's a pleasure to revisit the frontier in a drama which feels far more vital than mere nostalgic homage.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
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