In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives on a ranch in the wilderness with his sons, Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel. Eventually, the unconventional but close-knit family are bound by loyalty, tested by war, and torn apart by love, as told over the course of several decades in this epic saga.
At first, the picture plays like East of Eden with a bonus brother; it gets sillier as it goes.
– Terrence Rafferty,
New Yorker,
2 Apr 2014
rotten:
The actors fit their roles exceptionally well, but Zwick rarely allows them the kinds of crucial, intimate moments that establish how the characters feel about each other.
– John Hartl,
Seattle Times,
2 Apr 2014
rotten:
Just when it starts to seem as if Legends might just turn into a pretty good movie, along comes some tired, soap-opera plot device.
– Jay Boyar,
Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr 2014
fresh:
Check your cynicism at the door, and just revel in its enormity.
– Steven Rea,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
2 Apr 2014
fresh:
There's a vast psychodrama being played out on the Ludlow ranch, battles between generations, philosophies, races and sexes. And the landscapes, photographed by John Toll, majestically backdrop all the personal and cultural furies.