- Release Date: 1994
- Runtime: 191 min
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Western
- Starring: Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, David Andrews ... see all
- Director: Lawrence Kasdan
- Plot: Wyatt Earp is a movie about a man and his family. More of a documentary than Hollywood tinsel, this movie shows us the good times and the bad times of... Read more
User Reviews
Falls Short Of "Tombstone"; But Still Is Solid...
Nov 29, 2008
dashrendaar - yahoo.com
Nov 29, 2008dashrendaar - yahoo.com
Enjoyable western with lots of high points, and a good score. The acting is quite solid, and the cinematography is well done. A little drawn out at times. Especially the ending. Could have been at least a half hour shorter. However... Full review
Doesn't hold a candle to Tombstone
Sep 01, 2008
tommco - yahoo.com
Sep 01, 2008tommco - yahoo.com
The made-for-TV, contrived version of Tombstone. What with all the Hollywood-style soap opera encased in this, and Kevin Costner's slack-jaw acting, this movie is entertaining in a bubble-gum kinda way, but doesn't hold any water. A prime example is when Earp's... Full review
Wyatt Earp
Mar 24, 2008
sneubert2700 - yahoo.com
Mar 24, 2008sneubert2700 - yahoo.com
Wyatt Earp is solid.It has outstanding acting,story,direction,visuals and the romance.I do not think it a fantasy.The whole family might like it.I would recommend this western.... Full review
Entertaining and Well Done Movie
Dec 17, 2007
PeterC - yahoo.com
Dec 17, 2007PeterC - yahoo.com
This is a worthy addition to the "Western" and superior to the overlong "Buffaloworld", er, I'm sorry "Dances with Wolves". The supporting cast is excellent imcluding the underused Michael Madsen. Well done was the passage of time aspect, the change in... Full review
No comparison to Tombstone
Dec 17, 2007
b_nooney - yahoo.com
Dec 17, 2007b_nooney - yahoo.com
in my opinion, this movie is beyond comparison to Tombstone, a Hollywood-glamorized production that we actually saw before this. This was much more historically accurate and portrayed Wyatt Earp as a man with 2 main influences which he always lived up... Full review
a classic
Dec 17, 2007
cmwings31 - yahoo.com
Dec 17, 2007cmwings31 - yahoo.com
this movie shall forever be remembered in the same ranks as Tombstone, with excellent acting and top of the line production skills...wonderful... Full review
Entertaining and Well Done Movie
Dec 17, 2007
PCimino_Law - yahoo.com
Dec 17, 2007PCimino_Law - yahoo.com
This is a worthy addition to the "Western" and superior to the overlong "Buffaloworld", er, I'm sorry "Dances with Wolves". The supporting cast is excellent imcluding the underused Michael Madsen. Well done was the passage of time aspect, the change in... Full review
Great Western
Dec 17, 2007
Spliff08069 - yahoo.com
Dec 17, 2007Spliff08069 - yahoo.com
Kevin Costner did it again. Awesome movie way way better then tombstone. When it comes to a cowboy Kevin Costner is your man. Great scenes, great stories, great acting... Full review
Good, but Tombstone was superior
Dec 17, 2007
adambomb312 - yahoo.com
Dec 17, 2007adambomb312 - yahoo.com
If y'all remember, in 1994 there were two Wyatt Earp movies to come out, there was Tombstone and then there was this one. While Tombstone was better, this one is still worth checking out, it's one of those movies that leave... Full review
This is a very solid film.
Dec 17, 2007
murderBYzeN - yahoo.com
Dec 17, 2007murderBYzeN - yahoo.com
I enjoyed this movie quite a bit. It worked hard to develop the characters and this is pretty rare in american movies. Id love to know who the incredibly beautiful actress was that played josie...wow!!! Anyhow, if you enjoy westerns, this... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Jul 29, 2008Matchflick
However, as much as I love Wyatt Earp, it's not one of...
Epic movies have to have the characters attach themselves to the audience.
Lawrence Kasdan attempts to make the great epic western, but he's just not suited for it.
... Full Review
| Oct 22, 2007DVD Town
the debate may never die as to which film is the better picture.....I liked "Wyatt Earp," but I found it hard to sit through the entire film.....Dennis Quaid was simply awesome as Doc Holliday.....Kevin Costner is perfectly fine as Wyatt Earp and I feel he earned a Razzy because he is Kevin Costner..... ... Full Review
| Oct 21, 2007DVD Town
His Wyatt Earp could just as well be Lt. Dunbar from "Dances With Wolves" or Frank Farmer from "The Bodyguard" or Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, for that matter.....As the older, more unfeeling lawman, he is the usual staid, tight-lipped Costner who seems just a little too full of his own importance.....As Doc Holliday, Dennis Quaid puts in a good performance, lighting up the screen with his presence whenever he's around, which, unfortunately, is not nearly enough.....Fortunately, most of the acting is quit ... Full Review
| Jun 19, 2003IGN, CA
Wyatt Earp is a handsomely crafted epic that actually plays better in the comfort of your own home than it did in the theater.
There is actually much to recommend about Wyatt Earp and it is in many ways a "better" film than Tombstone but it failed at what its competitor did best: entertaining people.
... Full Review
| Jun 24, 1994Washington Post
But as Earp, his woodenness works well -- often to hilarious effect.
Starting with Earp's tenderfoot years, Kasdan and co-writer Dan Gordon try to show everything the eponymous hero (and sometime antihero) went through.
... Full Review
News
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filmmonthly.com –
2003-05-08
CLASH OF ACTION
ew.com –
1994-11-18
One's fast; the other creeps. One skates along the surface of events; the other plumbs legend for meaning. One explodes; the other implodes. Speed (1994, FoxVideo, R, $19.98) and Wyatt Earp (1994, Warner, PG-13, priced for rental) have absolutely nothing... ... Full Article
In a shootout with the great westerns of the past, the current crop would be left bleeding in the dust.
moviemaker.com –
1994-08-01
Wyatt Earp (1994)
ropeofsilicon.com –
1994-06-24
Tombstone
reelviews.net –
1993-12-25
Rated: R (Violence) It's nothing new for a motion picture to explore the legend of Tombstone. The story has been told many times before, perhaps most memorably in John Sturges' Gunfight at the OK Corral (with Burt Lancaster as Wyatt... ... Full Article
Directed by Lawrence Kasdan, this epic version of the legendary western sheriff-gunslinger's life story stars Kevin Costner as Earp, who lived from 1848 to 1929. ... Full Article

WYATT EARP (TRIBUTE)
Wyatt Earp (1994) Vs. Tombstone (1993)
James Newton Howard,Wyatt Earp,Main Title
Wyatt Earp - 1994 Epic Clips ft Joanna Going

