Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Megamind To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Rexanne It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

JohnHowardReid Most people are going to enjoy this film. The story builds up well with some wonderful action set-pieces and montages, even though it could certainly benefit from further trimming. Coleen Gray making too much of her one scene would be twice as effective at half the length; and as for Joanne Dru, she doesn't belong in the film at all. True, she makes an extremely late entrance, but the story got along quite effectively without her. All she does is to slow down the pace and dissipate most of the tension. Mind you, the plot has some gaping holes. For instance, Wayne claims that he's too poor to buy some sacks of flour and few pounds of beans, yet he has no trouble engaging a band of badmen and buying them ammunition! And what a neat co-incidence that one of the pursuing Indians was wearing that charm bracelet that belonged - of course - to Wayne's mother! Wayne is his usual ruggedly roughshod self, Clift is less neurotic than usual, Brennan minus more teeth is more talkative than ever and even has an off-camera commentary as well! A fascinating assembly of support players includes the Careys, father and son (though the two never meet), Tom Tyler (briefly glimpsed), Paul Fix as a whinger saved from a hanging and Chief Yowlachie surprisingly amusing as a comic relief assistant cook and bottlewasher!

leethomas-11621 Overly long for its straightforward plot. Wonderful photography along the trail. Wayne and Clift superb. Disliked narrative intrusions and disjointed feel of scenes hurried or missing. But loved the undercurrent of sexual roles, where the girl is really on the outside despite what she wants. Gay character of Cherry (that's his name!) was fascinating, scenes where he admires Clift's beautiful gun and eventually dies defending him. Cherry didn't stand a chance of having Matt (Clift) once Tom (Wayne) was back on the scene! As the girl said, they (Matt and Tom) should marry each other!

Hot 888 Mama . . . explains how RED RIVER director Howard Hawks tried to coach "Tess" actress Joanne Dru to pull off a Lauren Bacall impression during the John Wane-Montgomery Clift Western simply because Hawks had directed Bacall opposite Humphrey Bogart a few months earlier in THE BIG SLEEP. Apparently, Hawks thought of actors as interchangeable widgets (being akin to their cattle co-stars of RED RIVER), a viewpoint he shared with director Alfred Hitchcock. Sadly, Hawks was not Hitchcock, Dru couldn't lift Bacall's jockstrap, and RED RIVER ranch mobster Wayne wouldn't have lasted five minutes in a Bogart gang. Only Trump voters would try to shoehorn RED RIVER between THE MALTESE FALCON and CASABLANCA on a list of Classic American flicks. Maybe there's an Alternate Universe in which Ms. Dru would NOT stick out like a sore thumb if positioned between Mary Astor and Ingrid Bergman, but I'm mighty glad I don't live there. TENSIONS AND TRADITIONS: MOLLY HASKELL ON RED RIVER is a catch-all sort of title, but there's no danger of anyone catching a whiff of Critical Thinking here.

texasrehab1 What a wonderful movie . Once again John Wayne , Joanne Dru , and Montgomery Clift were phenomenal. While watching this movie , my thoughts were " Nobody should come to the movies unless you believe in heroes " and " if everything is not black and white why the heck not". Obviously, we all know these are John Wayne Quotes. The 1000 mile Journey was a challenge and despite the fact they had lots of challenges they completed there task. You would be shocked how beautiful the cows were , even in black and white . Cows have a special place in American culture and history . The cows helped settle this country and to no surprise they still have huge impact on us all I strongly suggest to see this movie and enjoy history unfold