El Dorado
Charlene Holt, James Caan, John Wayne
El Dorado doesn't quite have the scope or ambition of Howard Hawks's greatest Westerns, Red River and Rio Bravo. But this relaxed picture, made near the end of Hawks's marvelous c...( read more
)
DVD Released: March 21, 2000
Recommend it
Add to Favorites
Your Rating
Top Flixster Reviews
-
May 5, 2009A good substitute if you don't have a copy of Rio Bravo lying around.
James Cann (in an amazing early role) is better than Ricky Nelson as the state named sidekick. Mitchum is good, but he's no Dean Martin and no one can hold a candle to Walter Brennan. Wayne is his usual self. -
March 30, 2009This is one of my personal favorite westerns by John Wayne. . . I also like the casting of James Caan and Robert Mitchum, too. . .
-
January 10, 2009This was a pretty solid western, one I enjoyed more than I thought I would. What I liked about it were the interesting characters and the fact it was nicely filmed, as westerns tend to be. People focus on the big stars of this film and often miss how good the visuals are in here.... ...( read more )
-
October 13, 2008"Next time you shoot somebody, don't go near 'em till you're... sure they're dead!"
...( read more )
The fruitful partnership of John "The Duke" Wayne and Howard Hawks (that spanned over a number of decades) produced several utterly fabulous additions to the Western genre. Red Riv... -
October 5, 2008Even though it's Rio Bravo again, I like this one better. Always stop and watch it when I'm channel surfing.
-
April 15, 2009The Perfect Western. Howard Hawks, John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Saloon Fights, Shootouts, Purple Mountain Majesties and so on, you get the picture.
A brilliant movie which basically works due to the great acting of its lead characters, especially John Wayne and Robert Mitchum, ... ...( read more )
Critic Reviews
View more
El Dorado
reviews at RottenTomatoes.com
July 26, 2006
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Comments
This board looks lonely. Be the first to talk about "El Dorado" !
Critic ratings and reviews powered by RottenTomatoes.com
Fresh (60% or more critics rated the movie positively)
Rotten (59% or fewer critics rated the movie positively)
All Rotten Tomatoes content is used under license from Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes, Certified Fresh, and the Tomatometer are the trademarks of Incfusion Corporation, d/b/a Rotten Tomatoes, a subsidiary of IGN Entertainment, Inc.
