John Schuck, Julie Christie, Keith Carradine

An itinerant gambler and a madame become business partners in this off-beat western set in a small mining town in the Pacific Northwest.

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34 critics

R, 120

Directed by: Robert Altman

Release Date: June 24, 1971

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DVD Release Date: June 4, 2002

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  • April 27, 2009
    I tend to waffle on this one some, depending on my mood. Sometimes it's four stars, sometimes it's four and a half. I just can't seem to stomach Warren Beatty outside of Bonnie & Clyde unless I'm in a certain mood.

    On the whole, this is a very good film. The cast is ...( read more)fantastic, especially Julie Christie, and even Altman seems to have reigned in his usual meandering style to give the story structure and purpose. Don't look for any heroes in white hats in this western, it's ripe with deeply flawed but interesting characters.
  • January 9, 2009
    Takes it's time early on, but this beautifully shot film from Robert Altman does build to an interesting, and for me, satisfying conclusion.
  • May 12, 2008
    moody, atmospheric, altman draws one of the best western communities ever seen on film, the good, the bad, and the ugly, w/o the over-the-top music score to drown out the bare nakedness of existence. one of his best in my book simply because nobody seems to try to put in an osca...( read more)r worthy performance...a film much like the the old and beat up doll a child might carry around too, too long...
  • February 27, 2008
    Deadwood's crib sheet.
  • February 16, 2008
    taint a bad movie
  • September 4, 2009
    good & interesting...
  • July 19, 2009
    in my opinion, one of the strangest, most antithetical westerns ever made. the story is very basic with very few details or major character developments. the acting is decent, although very annoying. the cinematography was the stand-out highlight of the film for me, and even th...( read more)at lost a bit of impact with some unusual editing. much like the Leonard Cohen music that permeates it, this film has a dry quirkiness that challenges you with all your might to like it--like it's saying "go ahead, find a reason to care. you've got 2 hours, surely you can find SOMETHING." in my case, I really didn't. while I can appreciate what this film aimed to accomplish, Altman, just as in MASH, bored me more than impressed me.
  • June 21, 2009
    Did the five dollar thing before Sub***.
    Fire is the gunfight or is it McCabe itself?
    Super opium
    Duvall needs bigger part in terms of screen time, not importance.
  • May 17, 2009
    A good film which depicts the Wild West in a way not often seen in cinema. However, with the voices being extremelly 'muddy' it is difficult to understand half the script and can get frustrating after a while.
  • March 19, 2009
    Warren Beatty's good. Otherwise, prostitutes everywhere, big whoop.

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Robert Altman has made a dozen films that can be called great in one way or another, but one of them is perfect, and that one is McCabe & Mrs. Miller. full review

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