Mr. Majestyk
United Artists | Release Date: July 17, 1974 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
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Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
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2
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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The New York TimesHoward ThompsonJun 30, 2017
Except for some dutiful splattering of gore, it ticks along rather steadily, under Richard Fleischer's unruffled direction. There is a take-it-or-leave-it air that snugly suits the star's performance, or vice versa. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleShawn BadgleyJun 30, 2017
Hero, here, though, might be the wrong word (and I suppose it always was for Bronson's roles). After all, the film's tag line claims that Mr. Majestyk touches the hero in all of us and indicates that this melon picker didn't want to kick ass, exactly, no matter how adept he is at it, but that he was rather forced into it. Read full review
60
The DissolveNoel MurrayJun 30, 2017
Bronson playing another strong man who would prefer not to have to kick as many asses as circumstances demand. Bronson is Vince Majestyk, a Colorado melon farmer who stands up against a criminal syndicate and the local law when he hires migrant day laborers to bring in his crop, rather than using the local mob’s drunken goons. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonStaff (Not Credited)Jun 30, 2017
Fleischer handles a heavy script and most of the acting like no one should handle a melon; but he really soars into competence at moments of tension, car chases, and general cinematic escapism. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)Jun 30, 2017
Somehow the filmmakers managed to take the subject of the mistreatment of migrant workers and turn it into a vehicle for displaying Bronson's violent heroics. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneGene SiskelJun 30, 2017
With a story that is absurd every step of the way, Mr. Majestyk is turned into a hodge podge of cruel and unusual punishments. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderDon DrukerJun 30, 2017
The twist of making Bronson a genuine working man adds interest to the action-revenge formula, but not enough to lift this out of the programmer category. Read full review
50
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)Jun 30, 2017
Mr Majestyk makes a first-reel pretense of dealing with the thorny subject of migrant Chicano farm laborers, but social relevance is soon clobbered by the usual Charles Bronson heroics, here mechanically navigated by director Richard Fleischer. Read full review
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