Raintree County 1957

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: This mammoth color picture, which now runs twelve minutes shy of three hours, gives evidence of being outfitted with every extravagance save a script. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: A memorable if generally unsuccessful attempt by MGM to bring back the glory of Gone With the Wind. Read more

TIME Magazine: Begins in tedium and ends, 168 leaden minutes later, in apathy. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: MGM's attempt to repeat the success of Gone With the Wind turned out to be an elephantine bore. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Picture lacks highlight material; even the war scenes don't quite have the necessary impact and the relationship between Taylor and Clift could have been charged up more. Read more