Tombstone 1993

Stephen Holden, New York Times: It wants to be at once traditional and morally ambiguous. The two visions don't quite harmonize. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: A lot of care and attention were obviously devoted to selecting locations, designing sets, and grooming handlebar mustaches. Much less attention went to making one believe that any of the events took place circa 1879. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Plays like a three-hour rough cut that's been trimmed down to a slightly shorter rough cut. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: It's difficult to assign responsibility for the most serious of this film's shortcomings, but one thing is clear: somewhere along the way, the creative process misfired. Read more

Time Out: There's a misguided romantic subplot and the ending rather sprawls, but mostly this is rootin', tootin' entertainment. Read more

Emanuel Levy, Variety: A tough-talking but soft-hearted tale that is entertaining in a sprawling, old-fashioned manner. Read more

Richard Harrington, Washington Post: Highly stylized fashion-wise but awkwardly unfocused in its plotlines, it aims for the western iconography of Sam Peckinpah and Sergio Leone but never gets past its own directorial hurdles. Read more