The Good, the Bad, the Weird
IFC Films | Release Date: April 23, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
69
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Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
New York PostV.A. Musetto
The Good, the Bad, the Weird may owe a lot to other films, but it is always fresh and never boring. Read full review
85
NPRMark Jenkins
Sergio Leone learns to speak Korean in The Good, the Bad, the Weird, an exuberant tale of greed, vengeance and, well, weirdness. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
The story’s many advances and reversals can be hard to follow at times, but this isn’t really a movie where plot is paramount. Everything boils down to the action, and what that action means. Read full review
83
Portland OregonianM. E. Russell
Director Kim Ji-woon creates a funny, fast-moving pastiche of Spielberg, Woo, Leone and George Miller, but it's really a must-see for its three big action set pieces -- which go on for a million years each and become almost hallucinatory. Read full review
80
Time OutDavid Fear
At its best, this pomo oater gets within chaw-spitting distance of action-flick greatness; at its worst, the movie is simply unadulterated guns-and-guts fun. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Mines the traditional Western genre and infuses it with fresh, frequently hilarious life. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterMaggie Lee
A jaunty, happy-go-lucky adventure that packs a fistful of dynamite in the spectacular showdown. Read full review
70
VarietyDerek Elley
East meets West meets East again, with palate-tingling results, in The Good the Bad the Weird, a kimchi Western that draws shamelessly on its spaghetti forebears but remains utterly, bracingly Korean. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert Abele
Knives, explosions and knockabout humor have been added to taste. As vigorously staged as it all is -- sometimes confusingly, occasionally with camera-torqueing flair and impressive stuntwork -- the urge to thrill grows wearisome. Were audience members to be included as a collective character as well, they'd be "The Tired." Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy Burr
It’s a lot of fun before it wears you out, and it wears you out sooner than it should. Read full review
60
Boxoffice MagazineEd Schied
The entertaining non-stop action has the potential to give the film wide cross-over appeal and cult status. Read full review
60
EmpireDan Jolin
A tangled narrative and damp-squib ending detract from an otherwise joyous Spaghetti Eastern. Read full review
40
Village VoiceNicolas Rapold
Kim's filmmaking is generally cartoonish in a bad sense, as he squanders his set pieces, flashbacks, and other attention-getting with sometimes downright wretched staging. Read full review
40
The New York TimesMike Hale
The ever reliable, rubber-faced Song Kang-ho plays Tae-goo, the train robber, and gives the film what little comic spark it has. Read full review
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