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Original title: Alamo, The Directed by
John Lee Hancock Written by
Leslie Bohem, Stephen Gaghan Cast
Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric, Patrick Wilson, Emilio Echevarría [more]
Release Date
• USA: Apr 9, 2004
• UK: 3 Sep 2004
DVD Release Date
• R1: Sep 28, 2004
• R2: 28 Sep 2004
Budget $95,000,000
BoxOffice: $22.4M
Official Website:
The Alamo Website
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for sustained intense battle sequences.
Running Time
2 hours, 17 minutes
Country USA
Studio Imagine Entertainment, Mark Johnson
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• The Alamo (2004)
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The Alamo Reviews |
In Hancock's absorbing yet ever-so-slightly jaundiced retelling, the fall of the ad hoc citadel is less the stuff of legend than of real life. Its egotistical, wishy-washy and otherwise flawed protagonists are no less heroic because they look -- and act -- like you and me. On the contrary, they are more so. [read review]
--Michael O'Sullivan (Washington Post)
The Alamo documents what's undoubtedly an important moment in American history, but fails to make it relevant for viewers without any knowledge of the event. While the film is technically proficient and the performances are passable, there's absolutely nothing here for the average viewer to latch onto; the movie is curiously flat, void of any emotional context. [read review] 1.2/4
--David Nusair (Reel Film Reviews)
The advance buzz on "The Alamo" was negative, and now I know why: This is a good movie. Conventional wisdom in Hollywood is that any movie named "The Alamo" must be simplistic and rousing, despite the fact that we already know all the defenders got killed. [read review] 
--Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
The Alamo has lukewarm moments of mediocrity, but it never excels. It did, however, teach me about a part of history I must have missed while in school, but just because it's educational, doesn't mean it's a great film. [read review] 
--Lynda Lin (The Movie Insider)
Despite some awesome cinematography, I was deeply disappointed with this movie and because the Mexican army and its general, Santa Anna, are ridiculously portrayed as sadistic villains, I found myself rooting for them. [read review] 55/100
--Jamie Gillies (Apollo Guide)
"The Alamo" is not only a brilliant epic, it's also that rare breed: an epic that's also a character study -- in this case, of the men who fought and died at a battle that changed the history of the United States. [read review]
--Paul Clinton (CNN Showbiz)
The Alamo isn’t a patriotic, heart-swelling epic. It’s a dull, rotten, dreary, excruciatingly-long miniseries which sadly reduces men of historical significance to dirtbags fighting over dirt. [read review] 
--Eric Meyerson (FilmCritic.com)
What's left is an uneven production that has occasional moments of high energy, but is mostly mired in banal dialogue, failed character interaction, and familiar melodrama. [read review] 
--James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
The sad truth is, "The Alamo," directed and co-written by John Lee Hancock, squanders an opportunity to re-create one of the great events in American history. [read review]
--Desson Thomson (Washington Post)
The drama can get a little pokey at times, and you won't believe how they depict Santa Anna, but the "The Alamo" is a solid historical epic. [read review] B
--Brian Orndorf (FilmJerk.com)
...the movie is both elegiac and trivial. This is an accomplishment of sorts, generally of the sort that no one plans. [read review]
--Elvis Mitchell (The New York Times)
Yes, a lot of ``The Alamo'' is chauvinistic hokum. But what entertaining hokum it is! [read review] 
--Glenn Lovell (San Jose Mercury News)
Factually correct but awfully sober [read review]
--Lou Lumenick (New York Post)
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