Legends of the Fall

TriStar Pictures | Release Date: January 13, 1995

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45	METASCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews

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Mike Clark

Long, lumbering, pretentious and for some a possible laff riot. [23 Dec 1994]

Walter Addiego

Legends of the Fall never makes you think too hard; its woes-of-a-proud-family formula takes a back seat to a self-conscious visual style that strains toward the level of myth. Read full review

David Sterritt

While the production is attractive in a calendar-photo sort of way, there's not a speck of genuine feeling in its glossy images. Read full review

William Arnold

Legends of the Fall is one of those movies that is so sloppy and so poorly written and so clumsily directed that every dramatic scene seems to either insult your intelligence or come off as being unintentionally hilarious. [13 Jan 1995]

Stephen Cole

The narrative line itself rambles increasingly down a path toward tawdry melodrama, defeating the impact of the handsome visuals and finely etched performances. [13 Jan 1995]

Jay Carr

This one is hollow and caves in on itself, growing wearisome and posed, ending in a burst of salvational violence and a coda of sentimentality masquerading as transcendent toughness. [13 Jan 1995]

Richard Schickel

We're left with our stifled laughter and a very long movie. Read full review

Rita Kempley

Legends of the Fall is a magnificent bore: a western saga lolling in its own immensity - its big music, its big scenery and, yes, its big hair Read full review

Desson Howe

It doesn't take long to realize that Legends is an unintentional howler. Read full review

Amy Gamerman

Nobody fares well in this movie about sibling rivalry, doomed love and fringed suede. [05 Jan 1995]