The Kentuckian
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Movie Reviews of The Kentuckian
Movie Review: Good, But Not Great Lancaster Film
Summary: 3 Stars
The Kentuckian is the only film that Burt Lancaster ever directed, and while it is not a bad film, it is not up to the caliber of Lancaster's many great Westerns.
In The Kentuckian, Lancaster plays the titular character, a 17th century frontiersman on his way to take his son to live in wide-open Texas country. He stops along the way to visit his brother, played by John McIntire. But Lancaster gets involved with a former indentured servant, and runs afoul of a mean Walter Matthau (who likes to brandish a whip, no less), and Lancaster and the boy's plans are altered.
The Kentuckian is entertaining in several ways, but not as good as Apache, Gunfight at The OK Corral, and his other Westerns. But the acting is very good, and this movie was nothing for Lancaster to be ashamed of, so watch this film when you have a chance. It's not the best, but you won't feel like you've wasted your time.
Movie Review: Hysteriously bad
Summary: 1 Stars
The Kentuckian is a bad movie but one that is enjoyable because of this. This is the only film Burt Lancaster directed and he knew when to quit. The writing is stiff, and the plot is completely pieced together from every imaginable "Go West" movie cliche. Burt also sings a couple of songs and uses genuine frontier Kentuckian colloquialisms throughout the movie. His character also runs the gamut from dumb woodsman to suddenly smart gambler. There is a fantastic fight scene where Walter Matheau is whipping an unarmed Lancaster towards the end of the movie. It's obvious by the way Matheau's flailing around that he didn't know how to use a whip. Thankfully generous amounts of whipcracking sound effects were used to cover this. DVD transfer is poor with bleeding colors. Fuzzy at times though in widescreen. Not to be taken seriously.