Fresh
It shouldn't be missed by anyone with a taste for Eastwood's typically slanted morality. It's the actor/director's best movie -- and the best Western by anybody -- in over 20 years.
Mike Clark, USA Today
Unforgiven
Some legends will never be forgotten. Some wrongs can never be forgiven.
1992 · 2h 10m · R
Western
Directed by
Clint Eastwood
Overview
William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff.
Director and cast
- Clint Eastwood Director
- Clint Eastwood as Bill Munny
- Gene Hackman as Little Bill Daggett
- Morgan Freeman as Ned Logan
- Jaimz Woolvett as The Schofield Kid
- Richard Harris as English Bob
- Saul Rubinek as W.W. Beauchamp
- Frances Fisher as Strawberry Alice
- Anna Thomson as Delilah Fitzgerald
- David Mucci Cast
- Rob Campbell Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
96%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Unforgiven ain't nuthin' new, y'unnerstan', but it's a good, old-fashioned western-type pitcher with plenty o' rootin' tootin' action 'n' big ol' horses 'n' 10-gallon hats 'n' sech.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
Eastwood deliberately upends the conventions of the western, subverting his own image in the process.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
The Western is back. With a vengeance. Saddle up or get out of the way.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
This is the finest set of performances ever to grace a Clint Eastwood movie, and this time Eastwood even does a good job directing Eastwood. Every bullet in this movie matters.
Michael Sragow, New Yorker
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