The defence The Auteur Devotee
“Form is the argument.”
Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.
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The Magnificent Seven
Western · 1960
An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.
Movie details
The Magnificent Seven
“They were seven…and they fought like seven hundred!”
1960 Western 2h 8m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
7.7 / 10
112K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
93 %
Tomatometer
Metacritic
74 / 100
Metascore
TMDB
7.5 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over The Magnificent Seven?
For the defence
The Auteur Devotee
“You watch the director, not the movie.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
John Sturges
Written by
William Roberts · Walter Bernstein · Walter Newman
Yul Brynner
Chris Adams
Eli Wallach
Calvera
Steve McQueen
Vin
Charles Bronson
Bernardo O'Reilly
Robert Vaughn
Lee
Brad Dexter
Harry Luck
James Coburn
Britt
Court is in session
Put The Magnificent Seven on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Technique in search of a pulse.”
Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.