The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid 1972

Vincent Canby, New York Times: A lovely, odd sort of middle Western. That is, it's neither conventional Western fiction nor completely documented fact, although it makes full use of history and is as crammed with the artifacts of 19th-century America. Read more

Jay Cocks, TIME Magazine: For all its flaws, The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid is the kind of first movie so rich in texture and invention that we can look forward to a lot more from Philip Kaufman. Read more

Time Out: Interesting for its demonstration of how exploitative capitalism leads simple-minded farmers' boys into outlawry, though somewhat marred by Duvall's manic interpretation of the role of Jesse James. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: [The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid] may be a valiant attempt but fails to come off. Read more