| Quote | Movie | Critic |
| 'His approach is not a new one, the '60s were brimming with anti-romantic westerns, and neither is his story.' | |
| 'It will find a surefire audience among circus fans. Other moviegoers who endure it will have to console themselves by laughing at a story that often makes a travesty of itself.' | |
| 'We are asked to believe that his character is compassionate, interesting, even heroic, though the character we see is simply an unconvincing actor imitating a lug.' | |
| 'There are blue skies in the hero's dreams of long-ago happiness, but that proves the point... the story line is 'Rocky' on downers.' | |
| 'Very much a melodrama of the 80s, following the example of Kramer vs. Kramer by balancing emotional goo with bleached, sterile visuals.' | |
| 'A conventional over-hyped picture lifted by unconventional fairly-hyped performances. Truly the m - m - most British movie ever made.' | |
| 'Frankly, my dear, I didn't (and don't) give a damn about the South's yokel notion that it once supported a new age of chivalry and grace.' | |
| 'It's a lighthearted musical romp that covers such topics as child labor exploitation and disappoints mostly because it has little bite.' | |
| 'He makes his directorial debut in this plodding, simplistic and overlong politically correct Western epic, where the Native Americans are the good guys.' | |
| 'A disgusting account of what the evil Vietnamese did to poor, innocent Americans stands at the center of this Oscar-laden weepie about macho buddies from a small industrial town.' | |