Robert Redford,
Will Geer,
Stefan Gierasch,
Delle Bolton,
Allyn Ann McLerie
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Years before Kevin Costner danced with wolves, Robert Redford headed to the mountains to escape civilization in Sydney Pollack's wilderness western. Around 1850, ex-soldier Johnson (Redford) decides t... read more
DVD Release Date: October 30, 1997
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April 5, 2011A remnant of the late sixties culture that spawned the viewpoints here, here is western take on Robert Frost's road less traveled. More a character study than out and out shoot-'em-up, Pollack reasons that even if a man were to draw apart from the cares of civilization sooner or... read more
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January 24, 2011I was expecting a thrilling mythological/adventurous flick, but the movie turned out to be quite the opposite of what I'd in mind after reading its synopsis. For me, it served as an exercise of testing my patience. The cast was good, but the script was uninteresting. It may be a ... read more
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December 19, 2010Watchable, but far from anything amazing. Redford wanders out into the middle of the wilderness and then hardship ensues. Then he pisses off some Indians, and they send their warriors one at a time to kill him because...the script says so.
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December 15, 2008Great movie about a man living off the land through the winter this movie had great music as well.
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December 14, 2008Alternating between genuine moments and the filming equivalent of hoky John Denver songs, it's pretty easy to change the channel on this one. Maybe it's watchable without commercials. [Real rating pending.]
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September 4, 2007Robert Redford plays Johnson, a simple man who has no taste for cities. I see him as he grows from his first feeble attempts at survival to a hunter who has quickened his senses with wild meat and vegetation - a man who is a part of wildlife of the mountains. Gives a sense of hum... read more
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July 14, 2007Rugged adventure in which Robert Redford turns western survivalist and gets back to nature. It's handsomely shot in beautiful locations and Redford is as watchable as always, but it's reliance on personal drama instead of cowboy vs indian shoot-outs may not be to everyone's taste.
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January 28, 2012Amazing cinematography work set againt pictureesque sceneary, a great musical score, excellent script, and strong performances (especially from Redford) make this a turly memorable western/frontier movie. It doesn't attempt to simplify or reduce the hardships of mountain life, an... read more
Critic Reviews
May 26, 2008
Variety Staff, Variety
May 9, 2005
Roger Greenspun, New York Times
There are momoments of great beauty and terror and deeply earned pathos. There are as well such not-so-incidental pleasures as John Rubinstein's lovely and serviceable musical score, and a cast of exc... Full Review
January 6, 2010
Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central
Pollack's attempts at myth-making yield the same results as his attempts at most anything else. Jeremiah Johnson is boring, overlong, and pointless. Full Review
June 3, 2008
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Beautifully photographed in the remote mountains of Utah. Full Review
May 26, 2008
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Beautifully photographed in the wilds of Utah, this film unfortunately doesn't know when to stop; it feels consumed by a self-concious desire to be arty, and offers a treatment too cool for its subjec... Full Review
May 26, 2008
Empire Magazine
Pollack does right to put his faith in one man and a whole lot of mountains. The result is impressive. Full Review
August 10, 2006
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Like other films of the 1970s, Pollack's saga combines nostalgia and cynicism in equal measure, thus pleasing both right-wing and left-wing viewers, not to speak the delight of seeing Robert Redford a... Full Review
October 15, 2004
Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan
Gritty, gorgeously photographed mountain man tale.
May 24, 2003
Film4
Pollack and Redford collaborated successfully, their earnestness yielding some handsome, if over indulgent, movies such as this factually based adventure. Full Review
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