El Dorado
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: June 7, 1967 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
85
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
It's a very funny, very moving work, graced by the cinema's cleanest, most classical style. Read full review
100
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
It's a witty, exciting and deeply moving masterpiece. Read full review
100
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
El Dorado is essentially a darker remake of Rio Bravo, with Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Hunnicutt and James Caan as the now archetypal quartet. But, though the situation is the same, the mood is crisper, tenser, with a heightened sense of pain, loss and death underlying the humor and action. Read full review
90
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
An excellent oater drama, laced with adroit comedy and action relief, and set off by strong casting, superior direction and solid production. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
El Dorado is a tightly directed, humorous, altogether successful Western, turned out almost effortlessly, it would seem, by three old pros: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum and director Howard Hawks. Read full review
80
The New York TimesHoward Thompson
The taut guidance of Mr. Hawks, an old frontier hand, the barbed, pungent and frequently funny dialogue, plus some murderous gun forays, add up to crisp entertainment Read full review
80
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy Vishnevetsky
It’s not that Hawks’ style rescues El Dorado; it’s that it integrates all of these problems, producing a movie that feels effortlessly complete and consistent, despite being, frankly, all over the place. Read full review
80
The New YorkerRichard Brody
Director Howard Hawks makes a familiar plot resound strangely with new sexual overtones. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Sly, leisurely-paced western from Howard Hawks, with a script by Leigh Brackett ensuring a few laughs. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineLen Sousa
Pangs of déjà vu might strike while watching El Dorado, as it’s a thinly-veiled remake of an earlier John Wayne film directed by Howard Hawks and co-written by Leigh Brackett for Warner Bros., 1959’s Rio Bravo. Though the stories are similar, El Dorado feels sharper, bolstered by Harold Rosson’s brilliant photography with scenes seemingly painted on celluloid. Read full review
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