A Man Called Horse
National General Pictures | Release Date: May 1, 1970 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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The New York TimesVincent Canby
Silverstein has elected to tell the story of Lord John's survival largely in terms of Sioux rituals relating to such things as wars, weddings, deaths, and even spiritual deliverance. I must admit that I found all this interesting, although I'm the sort of Indian buff and tourist who gets a kick out of watching contemporary Navajos do their rain dances in tennis shoes. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineJoseph Jon Lanthier
Touted at the time of its release as a comparatively enlightened western, A Man Called Horse now looks like well-researched sensationalism—and is, admittedly, all the better for it. Read full review
50
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Self-touted as an authentic picture of Sioux manners and customs, the film to some extent delivers the goods (despite sacrificing a great deal of credibility by absurdly casting Judith Anderson as a malevolent old crone). But the Sun Vow sequence, lingered on in enervatingly gloating detail, ultimately defines it as exploitative. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
By all accounts, the events depicted are historically accurate, but historical accuracy does not always guarantee a well-paced, interesting film. Read full review
40
EmpireKim Newman
Straining for significance at every moment, this is one of a wave of late '60s/early '70s Westerns that represent Hollywood's idea of the counterculture in love beads, feathers and picturesque gore. Read full review
40
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
A Man Called Horse is said to be an authentic depiction of American Indian life in the Dakota territory of about 1820. Authentic it may be, but an absorbing film drama it is not. Read full review
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