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38 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Dallas ObserverRobert WilonskyDallas ObserverRobert WilonskyThe result is something that feels very much like an overachieving made-for-TV movie--a history lesson dolled up like an action movie, with the action relegated to the final third, and even then, the battle is over before it really begins.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttA respectable and at times an exciting film that should appeal to males of all ages, history buffs and -- yes, it's inevitable -- patriots.
- 60VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyRefreshingly revisionist in the sense that it takes a relatively clear-eyed view of the messy lives and equivocal circumstances of many of the key participants.
- 58Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumNever harmonizes into a cinematic experience any more resonant than the average, manly, why-we-fight pic, or coalesces into a stirring cry for freedom.
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe good news first: The Alamo is probably the most historically accurate depiction yet to reach the screen of the famous siege. The bad news is that "historically accurate" does not necessarily translate into "dramatically successful."
- 50The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasTurns into an edited-for-TV version of Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch"--flat, bloodless, and utterly bereft of period grit.
- 50L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonPinned down and smelling death, the men grow into fully realized human beings, which makes for some fine performances, but doesn't exactly propel this epic, richly detailed film forward. The battle, when it finally comes, is brief, admirably non-gory and rather dull.
- 50Chicago TribuneMark CaroChicago TribuneMark CaroA professionally made movie, just not an essential one. There's little fresh or provocative here, and if you can't be shaken by this story, why bother?
- 40Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternA misshapen semi-spectacle that seems to be simulating an epic, and getting away with it only occasionally.
- 38Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanAs Disney-fied as "Pinocchio," barely challenging the images Americans have treasured for 150 years.