Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Critic Reviews

Very funny in a strictly contemporary way-the last exuberant word on movies about the men of the mythic American West who have outlived their day.

William Goldman's script is constantly too cute and never gets up the nerve, by God, to admit it's a Western.

The John Foreman production is episodic, but George Roy Hill's direction is so satisfying in catching the full value of the Goldman screenplay that a high degree of interest is sustained.

Although Butch Cassidy wasn't the first movie to pair up a couple of wisecracking best friends in an action/adventure setting, this film became the model of how well that approach could work when done right.

Every character, every scene, is marred by the film's double view, which oscillates between sympathy and farce.

Funny and poignant tale of two famous outlaws.

Fine escapist entertainment.

One of cinema's greatest ever advertisements for pure entertainment...

Although much of its freshness has faded, this still-amusing film reinvented the Western for a new generation.

A cool, charming, anachronistic Western, with great chemistry between Newman and Redford, that reimagines the genre for youths of the era by turning the outlaws into mythic figures.

One of the funniest, if slightest, Westerns of recent years.

Looking at the film with a totally modern set of eyes, completely detached from the hype of Newman and Redford in the late 60s, I didn't find a connection to the movie.

iconic, American experience, a classic adventure tale, and a singular slice of late-'60s moviemaking that has never really been repeated

A charismatic, fun and ultimately poignant classic Western.

Possibly the most likable movie ever filmed.

More of a witty buddy movie in Western clothes.

overrated western box office hit

Made like Cassidy's memorable fight with a fellow gang member: It gave true, old-fashioned Westerns a swift kick to the groin.

One of the most popular, deservedly, westerns of them all.

An all-time classic, with Newman as his charming, roguish best and Redford exuding both sex appeal and danger. A whimsical Western that superbly blends actiion, humor and the power of myth making.