Gene Hackman,
Candice Bergen,
James Coburn,
Ben Johnson,
Ian Bannen
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An excellent cast, featuring Gene Hackman, Ben Johnson, and James Coburn, highlights this entertaining Western that came and went at the box office, barely noticed by audiences. That doesn't stop the ... read more
DVD Release Date: April 2, 2002
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Flixster Reviews (70)
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December 6, 2007A slow, unusual western with some interesting background detail. Watching the likes of Gene Hackman, James Coburn and Ben Johnson could never exactly be called a chore, but listening to the film's relentless moralising speeches did try my patience at times. I saw this on TV and i... read more
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March 10, 2008A good ensemble western. I like the idea of a bunch a people in a race across the west
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December 10, 2011fb100002946249850Bite the bullet has breathtaking visuals, several intriguing characters and an endurance race that spans the almost entire length of the movie itself.
The horses trek miles through mountains, deserts and rivers over several days to reach the finish point first, for a prize pot o... read more -
October 13, 2008I love this movie despite the wonky bear scene. The interplay between Hackman and Coburn is worth the admission alone.
Critic Reviews
April 8, 2008
Variety Staff, Variety
May 9, 2005
Vincent Canby, New York Times
In spite of all the care, the money and the hardships that apparently went into its production, the movie looks prefabricated, like something assembled from other people's earlier, better inspirations. Full Review
October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
A finely crafted, epic Western about a cross-country horseback endurance race. Full Review
May 22, 2008
Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
Unusual, big budget western concerning horse race to deathly finish.
April 8, 2008
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Spendid period piece about an endurance horse race. Full Review
June 8, 2007
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
I wish I had a bullet to chew down on to kill the pain this pic gave me. Full Review
June 24, 2006
Time Out
Any random thought ever committed to paper about the intrinsic 'messages' of the Western genre here turns up as a line of speechifying dialogue: the result is a folly stultified by its own seriousness. Full Review
January 18, 2004
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Offers a fresh twist on winning out and gives us pause to think about our way of being in the world Full Review
May 24, 2003
Film4
The result is that the film's message about sportsmanship decency becomes thoroughly anodyne. Entertaining nevertheless. Full Review
May 23, 2002
Patrick Byrne, Apollo Guide
Bite the Bullet may be many things, but boring it's not. Full Review
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