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Mayhawke (97 KP) rated Wyatt Earp (1994) in Movies

Feb 26, 2018  
Wyatt Earp (1994)
Wyatt Earp (1994)
1994 | Action, Drama, Western
7
7.0 (3 Ratings)
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In a shootout with Tombstone this would be heading for Boot Hill
The film is very worthy. It tells the story of Earp preceeding, and beyond the events at the OK Corral. There seems to be a reasonable amount of legitimacy to the story, but as always Earp's character - and his relationship with Jospehine - is pretty whitewashed, and hyped for drama.

But that's not actually what's wrong with the film, after all we expect that from Hollywood. The single largest failing of this film is that it plods. It's a plodding film that could have been a t least half an hour shorter than it is. Even that failing probably wouldn't have been so pronounced if this film hadn't bee released at almost exactly the same time as Tombstone, a film with as much historical accuracy in the Earp tale, but which was an hour shorter.

Then there was the cast. Wyatt Earp had a fabulous cast, as did Tombstone but the latter had breath-taking, career-high performances , a script that zinged and considerably more clarity of story and character.

Without Tombstone this film could have been a stand-out historical drama. But it isn't.

Worthy, but not brilliantly engaging