Support Your Local Sheriff!
United Artists | Release Date: March 26, 1969 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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5
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0
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100
Portland OregonianStaff (Not Credited)
Easygoing James Garner, befuddled Jack Elam, feisty Joan Hackett and townsfolk resist land baron Walter Brennan in a reprise of his "Clementine" role. [09 Mar 2001]
80
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
One by one, all the Western clichés are turned upside down and reinvented, with William Bowers' fine script proliferating enough invention and wonderful gags to make one forgive the occasional sag. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
This entertaining spoof of western movie cliches features Garner as a stranger who stops off at a small town en route to Australia, a running joke that works well through the rest of the film. Read full review
70
The GuardianPaul Howlett
Lawman James Garner with only drunken Jack Elam by his side takes on town heavies Walter Brennan, Bruce Dern and their gunmen: it has a Hawksian, sub-Rio Bravo ring, but this is an affectionate and funny parody of such westerns. [25 Mar 2006, p.53]
60
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
Amiable comedy western, with James Garner expanding on his Maverick image as a boom-town sheriff who’d rather use his cunning than his guns. Read full review
60
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Support Your Local Sheriff uses as the basis for its comedy the many cliches that have become part and parcel of the Western genre. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Support Your Local Sheriff is a textbook example of the evil influence TV has on the movies. It's essentially a lousy TV situation comedy dragged out to feature length for no good reason. Read full review
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The New York TimesVincent Canby
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF, a Western period farce about a town-taming supersheriff, is something designed for sensibilities shaped by "Petticoat Junction" and "Green Acres." Read full review
40
Village VoiceAndrew Sarris
Unfortunately, Support Your Local Sheriff is basically serial material that in straining to be something more ends up being something less. [08 May 1969, p.47]
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