Cowboys and Aliens Movie Reviews

The movie Cowboys and Aliens starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde will open to theaters this Friday, July 29, 2011. Read some reviews below from respected movie critics.

Movie synopsis:
New Mexico Territory. A stranger (Craig) with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don’t welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde (Ford). It’s a town that lives in fear. But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. Now, the stranger they rejected is their only hope for salvation. As this gunslinger slowly starts to remember who he is and where he’s been, he realizes he holds a secret that could give the town a fighting chance against the alien force.

Movie Reviews
It’s hard to say what is most depressing about “Cowboys & Aliens” – the film itself, or the fact that this was the best movie a posse of major Hollywood players could come up with. – Kenneth Turan from Los Angeles Times

A crowd-pleasing summer movie with more wit than most. – Mick LaSalle from San Francisco Chronicle

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. – Charlie McCollum from San Jose Mercury News

The storytelling, punctuated by incoherent flashbacks, is often inscrutable: I’m still trying to figure out which side of the cosmos gave birth to the woman played by Olivia Wilde. – Joe Morgenstern from Wall Street Journal

Favreau delivers on the promise of Cowboys & Aliens by delivering cowboys and aliens, but for the first time in his 10-year directing career, there isn’t a lot waiting for us beyond the filmmaker’s basic plot summary. – Sean O’Connell from Filmcritic.com