McCabe & Mrs. Miller
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Movie Reviews of McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Movie Review: FINALLY, the DVD is here......
Summary: 5 Stars
Warner Brothers should be commended for giving "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" the deluxe DVD treatment, complete with Robert Altman commentary (he is also joined by the producer of the film). Fans have been waiting a long time for this one.The film itself is a marvel of risky filmmaking -- shot in a dirty, makeshift frontier town in Vancouver, it eschews narrative conventions and heroic characters for complexity and, for once, a realistic assessment of the American West. Altman never overtly reveals the themes of his works, but instead respects the audience enough to contemplate and decide on its own. The futility of individualism in the face of market capitalism? The illusion (and traps) of community? The ultimate emptiness of the American Dream? Perhaps all, perhaps none. The film must remain a subjective, personal experience and as such, it remains one of the best.
Movie Review: Moody, Depressing, Compelling
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the more moody, depressing, and compelling films I can think of. This is not a film that you "get" or "don't get". Instead the film gets you. You'll like it if it does, and won't if it doesn't. I think it's very well underacted, which fits the "anti-western," even anti-movie, styling. I can sympathize somewhat with complaints about the soundtrack. I just saw the film for the second time and the music seems a little distracting and dated at times; at other moments it seems fitting and essential to the fatalistic plot and naturalistic genre. When I first saw the film maybe 20-25 years ago the soundtrack just seemed of a piece with the whole. This shows what time can do. Anyway I love the look of the film, and the haphazardousness of it. It's very lonely. Two hours is up very quickly. It does have the quality of a fine novel - you're sorry when it ends.Movie Review: Unforgettable portrayal of a time and place long gone
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this movie in the theatre many years ago, my first exposure to Robert Altman's fluid style. The movie is a portrait - the cinematography is beautiful, it left me with the same feelings I get while looking at great photographs. I was stunned by the dark mood the movie creates and by some of my feelings, especially my shock at the central murder scene on the bridge.
I thought Keith Carradine's role as the cowboy is the best acting in this film, and if you watch him play Bill Hickok in Deadwood, you'll hardly believe you're seeing the same actor, so great are his talents.
This movie has remained on my all-time favourites list since 1971. But you will not find "excitement" or "action" here. It's simply an exceptional portrait of a special time and place.
Movie Review: John C.
Summary: 5 Stars
McCabe and Mrs. Miller, in the opinion of this observer, is among the 10 best films made in the United States in the second half of the 20th century. There is a subtlety to this film that is unlike any other made during this most fertile period of American cinema. The cinematography (by the great Vilmos Zsigmond), sound editing, and - most important ly- acting are nonpareil, especially the performances of Julie Christie and John Schuck. The film established Robert Altman as a director and writer to be reckoned with. The experience of watching this film - even on tape and DVD - is blissful, and reminds one of the potential that American cinema presented between 1967-1975, before "Jaws' and "Star Wars" altered the economic landscape.Movie Review: Altman's Masterpiece
Summary: 5 Stars
Robert Altman's revision of America's most beloved genre, the Western, results in what is easily Altman's masterpiece, one of the best films of the `70s, and one of the greatest American classics, in general. Beatty and Christie both engage in the best acting performances of their careers in their character studies of the drunken dreamer McCabe whose pioneer attempts to create a free, independent town are thwarted by cruel corporate cold blood, and the shrewd and detached hooker Mrs. Miller who escapes from the harsh frontier life through her opium pipe. The most lyrical, poignant, and atmospheric tale of the American dream gone awry with an unforgettable ending in the winter wilderness of the Pacific Northwest.