Jeff Bridges exquisitely captures this roaming, morose existence, this juxtaposition between the stature of an icon and the elegiac crawl towards death that we follow him on.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Sep 29, 2023

Wild Bill, starring Jeff Bridges, is Walter Hill’s best film in years. It’s a movie about the self-destructive power of myth. By the end, Hill makes that self-destruction seem like the archetypal American story.

| Aug 9, 2022

Jeff Bridges delivers an intense performance, but an animated Ellen Barkin seems to have wandered over from the set of a sitcom.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 19, 2021

Considering Walter Hill's formidable filmography, Wild Bill hasn't aged as well as some of the auteur's progressively inclined titles, but is still worth a look for the expected technical and narrative proficiencies.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 8, 2020

Not just an elegy for the myth of the Old West, it's an elegy for a time and a place that never really existed in the first place.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 4, 2019

The main problem in Wild Bill is that it seeks-and fails-to balance New Hollywood introspection with B-movie theatrics and action.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Dec 29, 2018

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 6, 2011

Interesting take on Wild Bill Hickock, again mixing more fable with his real life.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 4, 2007

A rare Walter Hill movie that just didn't work for me.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10 | Feb 18, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 30, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 9, 2005

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 1, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 4, 2004

A Hot, Adrenaline-Pumping Western...Barkin is blistering!

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 4, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 22, 2003

A tedious, confusing, and dismal account of the historical figure.

Full Review | Original Score: 0/5 | Mar 19, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 16, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 29, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Oct 23, 2002

The characters are interesting as caricature, but not as real people. There is no one in the show that the audience cares whether they live or die.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Sep 29, 2002