65
Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- Firecreek is a good, sturdy and occasionally powerful little Western.
- 80The Observer (UK)The Observer (UK)Superior social western in which a torpid backwater community and its irresolute part-time sheriff (James Stewart) are redeemed and revivified through a menacing visit by ageing outlaw Henry Fonda's gang. Weathered oldtimers Dean Jagger, Ed Begley, Jack Elam and Jay C Flippen provide authenticity. Excellent photography by William Clothier. [15 May 2005, p.91]
- 80Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles TimesAn excellent but often overlooked 1968 Western about a kindly sheriff (James Stewart) battling a gang of bad guys, with Henry Fonda playing the chief villain. [03 Jun 1994, p.F22]
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe tension we need to draw us into the story isn't there; things move at too leisurely a pace, and the movie, like the Jimmy Stewart hero, has to be dragged into the excitement against its will.
- 60The TelegraphThe TelegraphLate in James Stewart's career he made this sturdy western, the beauty of which lies in its simplicity. [09 Jul 2016, p.32]
- There are only short bursts of action in between nearly endless talk in the Clements script. Despite a huge cast of very competent actors the film misses the mark.
- 50Philadelphia InquirerPhiladelphia InquirerShy sheriff Stewart comes up against mobster Fonda and his gang of outlaws; not as good as this pairing should have been. [02 Jun 1994, p.E04]
- 42Portland OregonianTed MaharPortland OregonianTed MaharSlow, contrived and monotonously grim. [18 Aug 2006, p.45]