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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThe Good, the Bad, the Weird may owe a lot to other films, but it is always fresh and never boring.
- 85NPRMark JenkinsNPRMark JenkinsSergio Leone learns to speak Korean in The Good, the Bad, the Weird, an exuberant tale of greed, vengeance and, well, weirdness.
- 83The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe story’s many advances and reversals can be hard to follow at times, but this isn’t really a movie where plot is paramount. Everything boils down to the action, and what that action means.
- 80Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearAt its best, this pomo oater gets within chaw-spitting distance of action-flick greatness; at its worst, the movie is simply unadulterated guns-and-guts fun.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterA jaunty, happy-go-lucky adventure that packs a fistful of dynamite in the spectacular showdown.
- 70VarietyDerek ElleyVarietyDerek ElleyEast meets West meets East again, with palate-tingling results, in The Good the Bad the Weird, a kimchi Western that draws shamelessly on its spaghetti forebears but remains utterly, bracingly Korean.
- The entertaining non-stop action has the potential to give the film wide cross-over appeal and cult status.
- 60EmpireDan JolinEmpireDan JolinA tangled narrative and damp-squib ending detract from an otherwise joyous Spaghetti Eastern.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceKim's filmmaking is generally cartoonish in a bad sense, as he squanders his set pieces, flashbacks, and other attention-getting with sometimes downright wretched staging.
- The ever reliable, rubber-faced Song Kang-ho plays Tae-goo, the train robber, and gives the film what little comic spark it has.