The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
United Artists | Release Date: December 29, 1967 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
90
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
Though ordained from the beginning, the three-way showdown that climaxes the film is tense and thoroughly astonishing. Read full review
100
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
An improbable masterpiece -- a bizarre mixture of grandly operatic visuals, grim brutality and sordid violence that keeps wrenching you from one extreme to the other. Read full review
100
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
There are two kinds of people, my friend. Those who love Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, and those who resist the machismo and gallows humor of what is arguably the definitive spaghetti western. Read full review
100
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Gorgeously stoic art film. Read full review
80
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
A massive, many-faceted film that continues to hold up, viewing after viewing. Read full review
70
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
All told, and in giant widescreen, it's only blood-red adolescent fun, but it blooms like Douglas Sirk with a Gatling gun compared to the teenage demographic's current fare. Matrix, schmatrix: This is the season's supreme party movie. Read full review
60
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
A curious amalgam of the visually striking, the dramatically feeble and the offensively sadistic. Read full review
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