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Positive Reviews
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63
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3.0
And that means even anything resembling a clever mash up of established genres.Cowboys & Aliens has cowboys and aliens aplenty, but its too beholden t ..
Av Club
2.0
Cowboys & Aliens has fun moments, but its a plodding entertainment because it mostly tastes like leftovers.
EW
3.8
Yet I feel a certain small sadness.I wish this had been a Western.
Rogerebert
3.0
If director Jon Favreau had paid as much attention to the story as he did the fighting sequences, Cowboys & Aliens could have been a milestone instead ..
Common Sense Media
2.0
With slick action and effects, Cowboys & Aliens is a good looking movie that passes muster as a visual diversion.
Time Out
1.3
The answer is way too far, though theres some camp humor to be had in a ride into the sunset finale that leaves open the possibility for a Railroad Ty ..
3.1
It may be two treats in one, but for an audience thats pigged out on spectacle all summer, that might be two treats too many.
3.5
The initial alien attacks are exciting enough and theres some good ground to air action as the space fighters strafe the confused cowboys.
Screen Daily
3.5
A surprisingly good Western is taking place before those creatures drop down from another planet.True, the Western characters and story are awfully fa ..
The Hollywood Reporter
2.5
Cowboys & Aliens wants none of that.Aliens aside and well get to them this is a purist remodel, meaning it maintains a straight faced, strict adherenc ..
2.0
It squanders its admittedly appealing premise in such a way so that viewers coming out of it feeling even more bummed out because it should have and c ..
E Film Critic
1.0
Thats right, Cowboys doesnt even retell the story the graphic novel does; it sets out on its own.This is not a satisfying journey.
3.8
The script is sprinkled with funny moments for viewers in the know.
San Francisco Chronicle
4.0
A simple entertainment in a summer of overcomplicated disappointments.
2.5
In the end its neither a Western nor an alien film, really, just another Hollywood blockbuster massaged and pruned within an inch of its life to pleas ..
Cinema Blend
4.0
All in all, COWBOYS & ALIENS is a fun filled summer blockbuster, anchored by a great cast and solid craftsmanship on the part of Favreau.
JoBlo
3.0
In the end, theres no doubt that audiences will enjoy the Cowboys & Aliens experience since it mostly delivers on its promise of an exciting genre mas ..
Screen Rant
1.9
In the midst of the frenzy, Ella gives Jake a piece of advice that resonates deeply with the audience: You have to stop thinking..Of course, for perfo ..
The Globe And Mail
3.1
Tonally, the movie is off: not quite as sober and majestic as the John Ford westerns its inspired by, nor as ironic and irreverent as, well, Favreaus ..
Philly
4.0
This mash up of the Western and science fiction genres will appeal to action lovers of all stripes.
Spirituality And Practice
2.0
While this movie is no filet mignon, its the cinematic equivalent of a big, juicy if not terribly nutritious hamburgera rousing action adventure that ..
One Guys Opinion
4.5
As in his handling of the first Iron Man, displays here the rare ability to patiently lay down the track along which his narrative will move, and he g ..
Village Voice
3.1
That it lacks the snap, crackle and kapow of the summers better comic book blockbusters isnt surprising.With all this effort riding on a big, expensiv ..
Rogers Movie Nation
2.0
Its a hybrid cowboy and monster sci fi genre film, and Favreau makes it one hell of a ridiculous movie lacking clarity, fun, purpose and a good story.
Sover
3.8
Its a solidly engaging and well produced spectacle that puts to shame some of its bigger and flashier predecessors on this long, depressing 2011 Summe ..
ReelViews
3.1
Its a fairly decent time waster, and you could do a lot worse this summer, but I wish that it had conjured up a sense of fun, or a sense of the ridicu ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
2.0
The filmmakers here (including Iron Man director Jon Favreau, five credited writers, and countless special effects technicians) dont seem to have agre ..
Chicago Reader
2.5
The concept itself is ridiculous, but its simply not ridiculous enough to carry an entire movie.
Mark Reviews Movies
2.0
The screenplay is utter dreck.The aliens look like an amalgamation of a retro Martian Popping toy, the Alien and Predator.
2.5
Despite an overwhelmingly action packed third act, Zathura is generally a fast paced and energetic family film thats sure to appeal to both children a ..
Reel Film Reviews
2.0
Laramie Movie Scope: Cowboys & Aliens Cowboys and Indians and Outlaws versus Aliens by Robert Roten, Film Critic August 3, 2011 A successful combinati ..
Lariat
3.0
The cowboys and aliens are here, sure enough.They just didnt bring enough fun with them.
Eric Ds Nider
4.0
Favreaus solid adaptation of a popular 2006 graphic novel remains true to both genres while being confidently grounded in western lore for maximum nov ..
Radio Times
3.5
Its a style thing.I think all concerned knew they had a deeply silly concept and were trying to diffuse criticism like Will Smiths Wild, Wild West deb ..
Screen It
3.0
Non aligned viewers may just wonder at the extreme silliness of it.
Independent
3.0
This is far too simplistic to make the otherwise solidly executed Wild West adventure develop into something interesting.
Shadows On The Wall
4.5
As always, the mens transformations from selfish, ignorant individuals into something like a community are helped along by their union against a commo ..
Pop Matters
2.5
...a solid disappointment, a movie thats been presold as an epic when it can barely break out of the genres its junking.
Pop Matters
3.5
...maybe Jon Favreau would have been better off making a true modern Western, not this shiny bauble of a mashup.
Pop Matters
3.0
It has one great idea, its title, but then comes up mostly empty.
The Wrap
3.0
On top of that, theres a surprising lack of humour in the dialogue (no witty one liners here), so the films never quite as much fun as it should have ..
View London
3.8
Extraterrestrials get lassoed and blown to bits in cool looking ways!
New York Post
5.0
Sometimes the title of a film conveys irresistible promise: Strangers on a Train.Sometimes it promises more than the movie delivers: Snakes on a Plane ..
Film Journal International ..
3.5
Cowboys & Aliens is exactly what it sounds like: a cowboy movie and an alien movie thrown together, a genre mash up thats more fun than good, but pret ..
Az Central
3.8
Familiar ingredients stirred together still taste familiar, and, worse, Favreau doesnt have a genuine feel for the genre.The sets and costumes and pro ..
Boston
3.5
If nothing else, it reminds us of one fundamental question: who is worth more
Smh
3.5
Its a good time at the movies something all these summer releases aim for, but very often dont achieve.
Mountain X
2.3
With two Iron Man films under his belt, director Jon Favreau has a solid handle on how to deliver big budget spectacle.
Npr
1.5
Its not a terrible movie; its a perfectly serviceable bit of fluff.
3.0
Two movies (and two genres) for the price of one, this ultimate popcorn movie of the summer is a mishmash by design, in which Bond meets Han Solo/Indi ..
Emanuellevy
3.0
Theres no fun in this humourless picture, no revealing connections made between the two genres so forcibly yoked together.
Guardian
2.0
Theres an implied wink or a grin or a giggle running through the whole movie.And the awful truth is that the cowboy world meeting the spaceship world ..
Guardian
4.0
And, believe me, its not a pretty sight.But the film is great fun to watch!
Reel Talk Reviews
2.5
Given that title, one cant expect much from Cowboys & Aliens in terms of originality except in relation to the mixing of the titular characters and th ..
Q Network
2.0
Cowboys and aliens are like strawberry jam and roast beef: palatable on their own, but a lousy combination.Fifteen producers and eight writers have to ..
Daily Mail
2.0
Too often, Cowboys & Aliens is ridiculous without being sillythe butt of its own joke.
Slate
2.5
Twee revelations about Wildes character might have left some room for fresh ideas in the second half but theres no room for innovation in a film clear ..
Eye For Film
4.0
Nothing too hard by way of a message, and plenty of slick action to carry us through to the busy climax.
4.0
And, remember, Mayan culture is rife with allusions to ancient alien visitation.
Susang Ranger
2.5
The result here is equally hilarious, but Cowboys & Aliens works best when it plays it straight (an idea of Harrison Fords) instead of campy.
Observer
2.0
Whats The Deal: Everything in this movie is borrowed from other movies.If youve seen a Western, a science fiction film, any junky summer alien popcorn ..
Movies
2.5
Its one of the most fun examples of genre blending I have seen in a while.
Movies
2.5
And why is the ancient wisdom of Indian shamans always taken at face value
Time
2.0
As its Z grade movie title suggests, Cowboys & Aliens isnt Hamlet. Its more like Omelet, an eggy, cheesy mess with big chunks of chewy smoked ham.
Boston Herald
2.0
What might have worked as comedy, with dashes of Men In Black style wit and imagination, simply comes off as strange and rather pointless as two grouc ..
Express
3.8
Rather refreshingly what you see is exactly what you get: a western with aliens grafted on, or a sci fi invasion film with cowboys grafted on nothing ..
Mr Brown Movies
3.8
Western nostalgists may be pleasantly surprised.Fans of cowboys versus aliens movies, well, its been a long wait and heres your movie.
Chicago Tribune
2.0
One wonders if there is a darker, grittier script for Cowboys & Aliens on Favreaus night stand, dog eared and tear stained over what might have been.
Bullz-Eye
2.0
Craig channels Clint Eastwoods Man With No Name, adding a dose of modern edginess and a dab of Steve McQueen cool.
Blogs Indie Wire
2.0
Director Jon Favreau does a decent approximation of the classic Western style at first, but he stops short of attempting anything interesting with the ..
Las Vegas Weekly
3.0
Solid bordering on stolid. Its Favreau in control again after Avengers advert Iron Man 2 but given the possibilities, a mild, mild west. More horsing ..
Total Film
2.5
Fords performance is disappointingly overcooked: Instead of revealing a quiet core of maliceit should, after all, be less work to be a villain than a ..
The Atlantic
3.0
Takes itself more seriously than any film called Cowboys & Aliens ever should.
Hollywood
4.0
...fine peformances by Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Abigail Spencer, Keith Carradine, and Sam Rockwell well directed by Jon Favreau make this highly e ..
Tony Medley
2.0
Some of the spectacle is cool to look at, but the movie doesnt hold up.
Coles Mithey
3.1
It must be said upfront that, for all its problems and script deficiencies, Cowboys & Aliens is probably the most continually entertaining effort of d ..
Movie Freak
4.0
Cowboys & Aliens might not be the rousing sci fi action movie some might expect, but theres more than enough fun summer entertainment to make it worth ..
2.0
... a troubling misfire because it feels like all the elements were in place for something special and fun, and instead, it is an exercise with no res ..
Hit Fix
3.8
The premise is ambitious, and the filmmakers find enough clever ways to exploit its potential.
Aisle Seat
3.1
Its like a double feature but with all the boring bits taken out and all the fight scenes run together.It doesnt make much sense.
Nj
3.5
The aliens dont exactly represent a triumph of sci fi imagination.
Movie Habit
3.5
But in the grand scheme of things, Cowboys & Aliens pays homage to both genres quite well.But keep in mind its homage to the westerns is not for m ..
7M Pictures
0.6
Look, the real wonder of WW84 is that this maybe isnt the worst thing about it.
Film Freak Central
2.0
I hope this kicks off a late career reinvention that finds Ford spending his remaining years playing cowboys sans aliens.
Oregon Live
4.0
Welcome to COWBOYS & ALIENS, a Big Summer Movie based on a graphic novel that has a lot going for it beyond the high concept of its title.
Maki At The Movies
3.0
Cowboys & Aliens is a sci fi / adventure movie where entertainment (and suspension of disbelief) is the priority; and its well paced, whilst being nei ..
Cine Vue
3.0
Its not without its moments but all the imagination seems to have been expended on the title.
Mirror
3.5
By comparison, this is a parody.Because of its novelty for commercial purposes, you dont even dare call it an homage.
Varia Gate
3.1
Unfortunately though, whats missing from the list is a sense of fun and without it the other ingredients never quite come together the way they should ..
Three Movie Buffs
3.0
Cowboys & Aliens is so preposterous that it could collapse into a steaming pile of Wild Wild West at any moment. Yet the actors are so good at appeari ..
Tamp A Bay
2.0
The final climax has some high points and its shot in a striking landscape of rocky white cliffs but by then, Cowboys and Aliens has become lost in it ..
Abc
3.0
Jon Favreau made a really good comic book adaptation out of the original Iron Man but like every director hes dependant on a good screenplay and this ..
Abc
2.5
The premise may sound like a slam dunk, but not when its the only unique detail in a predictable movie thats like a shallow approximation of other, be ..
Red Eye Chicago
3.0
There is a lot of fun to be had in this sci fi/western mash up that plays out as one of the most superbly crafted B movies youre going to find this si ..
Stl Today
2.5
Aside from the idea of mixing two well loved genres, there is not a single original thought. The creators seem to have turned off their creative juice ..
Stl Today
0.0
The density of inanity at the conceptual core of this crass sci fi western starring Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford pushes outwards, inflating fatuous ..
Ft
2.5
Performances very much keep with the appropriate theatrics of the western genre.
Dustin Put Man
1.5
The many dysfunctional features of the script translate into scenes that slow down the pace of the footage until it is disrupted, not infrequently, in ..
2.5
Its a bit like the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle Predator, but without the laughs.
Larsen On Film
4.4
Cowboys & Aliens is probably not the best film of 2011, but it may well be the most entertaining.
Christianity Today
4.5
Like being ordered to have long hair and smile on stage, but wondering how to smile with a trombone in your mouth.Or repeatedly told youre not good en ..
News Blaze
1.3
Sorry, judging from this disaster, cowboys and aliens simply dont look like they ever belong up on the big screen together.
News Blaze
3.0
But without a decent story to get your emotions going, all the cool stuff thats happening just isnt enough.
The Sun
4.0
Director Jon Favreau has an impeccable instinct for keeping the adrenaline pumping, knowing exactly the right way to mix full throttle action and subt ..
Killer Movie Reviews
3.5
The result is a movie that takes itself way more seriously than any film with a title like Cowboys & Aliens ought to.
The Filmy Ap
2.5
I have no real argument against the films execution of its concept other than that it is brutally boring.
Antagony & Ecstasy
2.5
If the film proves nothing else, its proves two things: that the Western genre is still ripe for good story, and that this isnt one of them.
Big Picture Big Sound
3.1
The movie starts with James Bond himself, Daniel Craig, waking up in the desert with no memory of who he is or how he got there.
Sltrib
3.1
For a film that should have been out of this world, Cowboys & Aliens is disappointingly down to earth.
2.0
It has a few nice moments but for the most part, this is a forgettable adventure.
The Film Pie
4.0
Cowboys & Aliens succeeds brilliantly as a summer film. Beautifully designed, full of crazy action sequences that are genuinely original, the flick is ..
Io9 Gizmodo
3.1
Star Wars and its progeny replaced the Western as the dominant cultural mythology long ago, which may be why this particular genre hybrid feels like a ..
Js Online
3.8
The movie employs both stock tropes from Western fare as well as the alien invasion genre, giving us just enough of both to entertain audiences withou ..
Movie Crypt
3.0
Cowboys & Aliens Synopsis Based on the Malibu Comics graphic novel that mixes Western and science fiction genres.
Movie Web
2.0
Theres no edge to the movie, like something that has been focus grouped down to absolutely nothing or a game of pass the screenplay where the writers ..
Hollywood Chicago
3.0
Just about everything in it is downright ridiculous, but its such an amusing and enjoyable fantastical adventure, who cares
Shockya
3.0
But with a tale as outlandish as this, it proves a wise move to play it straight.Mostly.
Sky
4.5
Meanwhile, theres some mystery surrounding a traveler, Ella Swenson (Olivia Wilde).
Solzy At The Movies
3.0
The result is patchy, if enjoyable in parts, but nowhere near as awesome as that title suggests it should be.
The Shiz Nit
3.8
Still, there is enough to like and to savor in Cowboys & Aliens that it makes for an enjoyable two hours in the dark with a big bag of buttery popcorn ..
Mercury News
3.1
Rarely do that many chefs combine for a wholly satisfying cinematic experience.
No La
2.0
As it is were left with more Maguffins than characters and not a joke to sustain us, Wildes fireside confession notwithstanding.The toll on repeat vie ..
The Ooh Tray
1.5
The idea of Cowboys & Aliens is so wild that its a shame the film doesnt make more of it.
What So
2.5
The cowboys: great. The aliens: not so much. Theres fun to be had here, but it falls way short of the pulp classic it could have been.
Film 4
3.0
Despite a talented pedigree on both sides of the camera, it is a mind numbingly dull excursion.
Bowling Green Daily News
3.8
Although it lacks an extraordinary pace that would normally accompany the collision of two disparate genres, the picture is a comfortably entertaining ..
Scifi Movie Page
3.0
Cowboys and Aliens does not feel fresh.But, it does feature cowboys fighting aliens, and sometimes thats all you really need.
Streaming Quickflix
3.0
A romantic comedy of intertwined lives, overlapping dialogue and multiple themesno wonder the filmmakers had their well publicized problems finding a ..
Wsj
2.5
But the picture rarely finds imaginative ways to merge its disparate trappings this past springs animated yarn Rango did a far superior job of placing ..
Clclt
3.0
With Cowboys & Aliens, you get two B movies for the price of one.
Jam! Movies
2.0
But instead of the aliens adding some much needed silliness, director Jon Favreau sees them as ordinary greedy monsters, a missed opportunity.
East Bay Express
2.5
Jon Favreaus Cowboys & Aliens is a film that starts off with promise, but quickly loses its way as it tries to merge two different genres.
3.5
Cowboys & Aliens is a collision of genres that leaves a mess, but what a mess! Its a smash up between the outer spaces of the west and the outer space ..
Tony Mack
3.0
Cowboys & Aliens is an agreeable time killer, but Ill bet a couple of clever kids could make a livelier movie with a Woody puppet and a Predator doll.
Ny Mag
3.0
Then of course the aliens show up in earnest, and theyre generically reptilian CGI beasts, and theres a tortured attempt at a sci fi backstory that no ..
Film Blather
3.5
Some may laugh at the idea of cowboys being invaded by aliens from outer space, but thanks to the visionary genius of these two Hollywood giants, the ..
Review Express
2.5
Up and comer Tipton has the awkward charm of a startled woodland creature; Tomei has a fabulously scabrous meltdown scene; and Gosling is once again e ..
Tiny Url
2.0
All in all, an average disaster movie with just enough heart and production quality to justify the theatre entry price.
Fan The Fire Magazine
4.0
The flaw in Cowboys & Aliens is no sense of humor. What could be more fun than cowboys and aliens Flaw aside, this is Saturday afternoon matinee fun.
Tri City Herald
1.9
After a mindless conclusion, I realized that two hours had been wasted on this convoluted mess.
Entertainment Spectrum
2.8
The high concept Western/Sci Fi Cowboys & Aliens manages quite capably to blend two genres producing surprisingly entertaining b movie pulp.
Daily Film Fix
2.0
It builds to a pretty good climax somewhere in the middle, but the climax is sustained way too long, and boredom sets in.
Theepoch Times
3.8
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Qc Times
2.5
Just dont think, someone suggests. Good advice for watching the movie, too.
Boston Phoenix
2.0
The small moments of poetry ... are lost amid too much digital sound and fury.
New York Time Out
2.0
From the cool special effects, to its top notch acting and wickedly fun concept, Cowboys and Aliens is just that film that you may in fact hate to lov ..
Reel Talk Online
2.0
Cowboys & Aliens is everything its moniker implies, including a whole lot of fun.
Assignment X
3.0
It leaves me not really rooting for characters but instead concepts.
The Scorecard Review
3.0
Its just big silly fun, the kind youre supposed to have at a summer movie with a ridiculous title.
Detroit News
3.5
This isnt an ironic popcorn flick winking and nodding at its genre trappings.
Movies Ign
3.0
You want cowboys. You want aliens. And you want them to fight...it didnt promise anything else.
Need Coffee
2.0
Its fascinating to see uninfected people can be as gruesome as flesh eating monsters.
Bloody Disgusting
2.0
The picture tries to fuse western and sci fi genres but the sci fi aspect is generic and weaker than the former.
Compuserve
2.5
it takes more than a clever concept to drive a film, and Cowboys & Aliens never rises above that to attain its full potential.
The Dispatch (Lexington, N ..
3.5
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Richard Roeper
3.0
A film that entertains, even if it doesnt live up to the full on madness potential the title portended.
Film.com
3.0
Like Snakes on a Plane or Shoot Em Up, it makes its B movie intentions abundantly clear. And as far as high gloss make believe goes, it does the job.
Metro Times
3.8
And while Jon Favreaus Cowboys and Aliens will never be mistaken as a game changing movie event, its a reasonably entertaining piece of popcorn cinema ..
Illinois Times
5.0
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Ny Press
2.0
Craig is a bona fide action star who shouldnt be reduced to spitting out lines like Demons took your gold in a husky Southern drawl.
Little White Lies
2.5
Its sickening to see contemporary filmmakers not named Clint Eastwood botching the western genre.
Critics Notebook
2.5
Favreau handles it with efficiency if not innovation or inspiration. Its fun but in a ho hum kind of way.
Kpbs
3.5
And I happily stayed until the very end of the movie, watching Harrison Ford do a Gruff Old Harrison Ford, as a crusty rancher, and Daniel Crag as a k ..
Saportare Port
4.0
The special effects are well done and the title aliens are pretty darn creepy.
Crazed Fan Boy
3.5
What makes the movie work, really, is that above and beyond the conventions themselves doing their jobs, the actors seem truly invested...
MSN Movies
3.0
Commits the one cardinal sin that a movie with such a ridiculous concept absolutely cannot commit; its boring.
2.5
Favreau had the opportunity to do something remarkable with Cowboys & Aliens but instead ended up making a movie that feels completely underwhelming o ..
Dread Central
1.5
Cowboys and Aliens purports to be a genre mash up, which means that somebody needed to figure out how to integrate Western tropes with sci fi ones. Un ..
Splice Today
2.5
What should have been a wild, totally fantastic ride turns out to be leaden, badly paced and dull.
The Diva Review
2.5
Its not that its slow and boring, its just uninteresting and dull.
Flixist
2.0
the long list of writers and producers may have been a factor in a disappointing last act that shows evidence of compromise and lack of focus.
Movie Mom
3.0
The B movie marquee title of Cowboys and Aliens suggests a picture thats more irreverent, imaginative, and fun than the turgid movie that stands behin ..
Movie Line
2.0
Cowboys & Aliens is fantastic for its first half, fully embracing its western setting but also relishing its sense of mystery.
Standard Net Au
1.5
The craziest thing about Cowboys and Aliens is that a movie with that title should be so generic.
Bad Ass Digest
3.0
Surprisingly, while it is all those things, Cowboys and Aliens isnt Wild Wild West.
Liver Pool Echo
4.0
Cowboys and Aliens isnt the self aware, campy romp I was expecting...This movie plays its ludicrous idea dead straight and pulls it off with firm conv ..
The Mercury
3.1
Enjoyable, but less fun than such low stakes predecessors as The Phantom Empire with Gene Autry and Jesse James Meets Frankensteins Daughter.
Gomemphis
3.5
we get a standard story, some decent setpieces and only a few funny lines...Take the ride, but dont blame us if you end up saddle sore.
Sfx
2.5
The Rise of the Planet of the Apes succeeded simply by being entertaining.
The Tyee
3.1
The future and the past dont always come together seamlessly, even in Hollywood blockbusters.Still, Favreau should be commended for assembling a scint ..
Paloalto Online
4.0
Elf is really the only flick of his I halfway enjoyed.But I more than halfway enjoyed Cowboys & Aliens.
Horror
2.0
It doesnt acknowledge the goofy premise.It doesnt try to paint the world with rounded, colorful characters.
Blu Ray Ign
2.5
The movie wants to be a new twist on an old genre, but ends up being somewhat less than the sum of its parts.See It/Rent It/Skip It: Rent it.
Blogs Houston Press
3.0
The film doesnt live; it merely exists, content to keep our eyeballs occupied without investing any more than is absolutely necessary.
Mania.com
2.5
Underwhelming and disappointing. With five screenwriters, the film lacked substance and connection to the characters which made the decent action scen ..
2.0
Youll see cowboys, youll see aliens, and youll see the cowboys fight the aliens. The filmmakers seem to think the very idea is clever and bold enough ..
New York Metro Mix
3.0
But factor in five screenwriters and its no wonder Cowboys & Aliens is such a hotchpotch take on Scott Mitchell Rosenburgs 2006 comic book.
Birmingham Mail
3.0
It works because it takes itself seriously without winking or smirking.
Denton Record-Chronicle
3.0
If you can swallow the shameless set up, its all highly entertaining.
This Is London
2.5
A film that should be the ultimate summer thrill ride is instead just kind of boring.
Fanboys of the Universe
2.0
But this Wild West romp mostly just zips around in circles of cowboy and Indian cliches and all too familiar space invader bunk.
American Profile
2.5
Dialogue is terse and predictable, and the sci fi thriller portion is even less compelling than the Western saga.
Rss Feeds Usa Today
3.5
Cowboys may have some flaws but its a fun summer movie nevertheless and is definitely worth seeing.
Big Hollywood
2.5
The idea of mixing cowboy movie imagery with Sci Fi concepts is a welcome original idea. Its just not executed to the awesome levels that are possible ..
3.8
Cowboys & Aliens is pure escapist enjoyment. Its a bit corny and retro, but somehow it works.
Jc Online
1.9
Beyond that, its a lazy genre mash up that occasionally rouses itself to almost become a passable popcorn movie, mostly when a little boy comes up clo ..
Jackson Ville
0.0
Cowboys & Aliens is no less than the first colossal, epic turd of the Summer of 2011.How bad can it be
Movie City News
3.0
For all its A list ingredients of concept, cast and director, the resulting mash up is merely a superior B movie, as uncertain a fusion as potato on a ..
3.0
But thats exactly what it is: a lifeless Western story injected with uninteresting sci fi elements.
Maki At The Movies Blogspo ..
2.2
You expect a wild romp through the Wild West with interesting, colorful characters leading the way, and thats far from whats delivered here.
Movies About
3.0
It plays out more like a horror film than it does your typical Hollywood summer blockbuster.
Tucson Weekly
2.0
With so many cooks in the kitchen, its hard to believe that they couldnt whip up a more thrilling and inspired action thriller that was worthy of thei ..
Access Hollywood
3.1
When the overwrought alien element arrives full bore, it turns a compelling western into a cheesy, laughable alien attacks! B movie.
Atlantic City Weekly
3.5
So this is it: the hotly anticipated blockbuster movie mash up.Sure, filmmakers have been combining genres for decadeshello, Mel Brooksbut now, it has ..
Ladue News
3.0
Surprisingly, this film by committee doesnt get in the way of it being a well made studio product that should have plenty of mainstream appeal.
Windy City Media Group
3.0
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Ifc
2.0
Im now convinced that the non cast related quality of the first Iron Man happened entirely by accident.
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4.5
SDCC 2018 is in the books and Hal Rudnick was on the on the floor in San Diego checking out the best cosplay, exclusive sights, and more at Comic Con! ..
Screen Junkies
2.5
Feels like a flick that was poked, tweaked, reformatted and re edited at least a dozen times.
FEARnet
3.0
Part of the fun in Cowboys & Aliens is spotting all the movie clichs which can be enjoyed for what they are because the film has no relation to any re ..
Playback:stl
2.5
So, accepting Scotts premise, why not combine the two corpses to create something vivid and original and very much alive.This apparently was the inten ..
Culture Catch
4.0
Cowboys & Aliens is an old fashioned matinee flick thats pure fun for lovers of both western and sci fi thrillers.
Cinema Clips
2.0
No amount of gee whiz techno wizardry or nifty pop cultural juxtapositions can save Cowboys & Aliens from two terrible truths: it has a dud script, an ..
1.9
... a desperate to please amalgam that combines the hoariest clichs of both the western and science fiction thriller ... The action sequences range fr ..
Cinema Dope
2.0
A film where the occasional sense of fun is far outweighed by the omnipresent sense of stupid.
Moviedex
2.0
The plot has so many holes and unexplained phenomena that its hard to know where to begin.
Real.com
2.5
Unfortunately, Cowboys and Aliens takes itself way too seriously to really ignite.
MovieFIX
3.0
Cowboys and Aliens is a big mess, sure, but I dont know what everybodys screaming about, its still better than most of the other maggoty offal theyve ..
2.0
Its often laugh out loud funny, and biting without being too cynical.
Upper More Land
2.0
(The leads) have the necessary chemistry to carry Cowboys & Aliens for its rip roaring two hours. True, Daniel Craig handles all the rough and tough p ..
Video Review Master
2.9
Director Jon Favreau certainly puts up a valiant effort to make it all gel but hes working with material from six credited writers. The Frankenstein i ..
AskMen.com
3.0
Not the Boys Own Adventure it could have been, but a fun if often flawed romp.
Baltic Times
4.5
...and Indians, peyote, a kid, a girl, and the dazzling masculine energy of Daniel Craig. Highly original and takes this summers pride of place.
1.5
Its a straight bland whiskey drink of a western, with a garnish of aliens on top.
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