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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertKennedy goes for silhouettes and, as I’ve mentioned, for the kind of carefully casual arrangements of figures we find in samurai films - the Japanese Western. The result is a movie that isolates the John Wayne mystique and surrounds it with the necessary simplicity and directness.
- 75Portland OregonianTed MaharPortland OregonianTed MaharKennedy fills this with Western cliches, character actors and sprawling action. [09 Mar 2001]
- As an exercise in pleasantness, The Train Robbers is an interesting addition to the late history of the traditional unpretentious Western.
- 60The Observer (UK)The Observer (UK)Enjoyable traditional western. [26 Apr 2009, p.18]
- 50Time OutTime OutThe band ride after half a million's worth of stolen gold so they can turn it in for the 50,000 dollars reward; it's that sort of film. Loads of male camaraderie and big country theme music, plus Ann-Margret riding along as a box-office concession and to get the rest of the cast horny in a U Certificate sort of way.
- 50TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineReleased at a time when the western was undergoing some radical changes thanks to films by Sergio Leone and Sam Peckinpah, The Train Robbers harkens back to the old style westerns Wayne helped make famous. What's lacking is substance and style.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceBurt Kennedy wrote and directed the movie, which consists mostly of scenic rides on horseback, waiting for the outlaws to appear, and talking wisely while waiting. [22 Mar 1973, p.83]