Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner

Bret Maverick, needing money for a poker tournament, faces various comic mishaps and challenges, including a charming woman thief.

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PG, 127 min.

Directed by: Richard Donner

Release Date: May 20, 1994

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DVD Release Date: August 27, 1997

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  • July 4, 2009
    Maverick is a real jackpot of winning laughs, wild action, charming romance and wonderful fun. A teriffic comedy that blends in adventure and wickedly cool twist and turns into one exhilerating and dazzeling film. It's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid meets The Sting. Mel Gibso...( read more)n, Jodi Foster and James Garner have wonderful chemistry together.
  • April 17, 2009
    Infamous gambler and quick draw artist Mel Gibson teams up with con artist Jodie Foster and lawman James Garner to reach a high stakes poker game. With Richard Donner directing and Gibson in the saddle this was never going to be anything other than Lethal Western. Gibson is at hi...( read more)s most likable though, and Jodie Foster shows some talent for comedy as the unscrupulous love interest, but it is Garner, star of the original TV series this is based upon who shows these whipper snappers how it's really done. The plot, such as it is, is little more than a collection of comic sketches as the three try to out-hustle each other and it relies too much on cartoon slapstick and in-jokes rather than genuine wit. It does however capture the spirit of the original TV series quite nicely, and has a family friendly knockabout charm that Hollywood seems completely incapable of doing these days. No Blazing Saddles, but it's one of the better small to big screen translations out there and it made me want to seek out some of Garner's own comedy westerns from the 60s and 70s.
  • March 7, 2009
    Plot is a bit weak but I love this movie which is set in the wild west. I love the chemistry between Mel and Jodie's characters. Mel is Bret Maverick who has to win at a stake of cards.
  • October 13, 2008
    Entertaining romp with the class to include James Garner.
  • September 2, 2008
    A pretty good, comedy/western with a bit of action as well.
  • November 10, 2009
    Fun flirty fabulous!
  • November 3, 2009
    Muy buen western. Creo que la vi como 5 o 6 veces.
  • October 27, 2009
    Comwecial or stupid! :|
  • October 24, 2009
    I love this movie! It has a great story, it's funny, it's very very..gripping.
  • October 3, 2009
    Lots of action and some comedy thrown in to change the pace, Mel Gibson is great as Mavrick, Jodi Foster is at her best in this one, never seen her better!

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The first lighthearted, laugh-oriented family Western in a long time, and one of the nice things about it is, it doesn't feel the need to justify its existence. It acts like it's the most natural thin... full review

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