67
Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonSan Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonBite the Bullet is epic Americana, gorgeously filmed, and a candidate for most underrated film of the 1970s. [10 Jun 2012, p.20]
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertBite the Bullet finds the traditional power and integrity of the Western intact after all.
- It offers some excellent performances, crisp direction, and overall professionalism of the entire cast and crew. What keeps it from being a great western (like FORT APACHE or HIGH NOON) is that the audience is seldom involved in the lives of the riders other than in a peripheral sense.
- 40The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyA big, expensive Western that doesn't contain one moment that might be called genuine.
- 40NewsweekNewsweekWith characteristic Hollywood hypocrisy, the movie sells male chauvinism as it knocks it and ridicules winning while it uses who's-gonna-win as its central energy. [14 Jul 1975, p.77]