Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Linkshoch Wonderful Movie

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Cooktopi The acting in this movie is really good.

Michael_Elliott Rooster Cogburn (1975)** 1/2 (out of 4)After being fired for violent conduct, Marshall Rooster Cogburn (John Wayne) is asked by Judge Parker (John McIntire) to track down a gang who stole some explosives in order to rob a bank. Cogburn heads out and runs into missionary Eula (Katharine Hepburn) whose father was killed by the gang. She demands to go with Cogburn and the two head out for revenge.ROOSTER COGBURN isn't the best movie out there but it's certainly entertaining enough thanks in large part to its two legendary stars as well as some nice supporting performances. I really can't blame the filmmakers for bringing Wayne back in his Oscar-winning role from TRUE GRIT but I do question why they also seemed to want to remake THE African QUEEN since Hepburn is playing the same type of role and the two films share some other connections.With all of that said, this here is the basic type of Western that you'd expect to see Wayne doing. He plays that lovable, tough-as-nails character who does things his way and usually that means killing off the bad guys. I must admit that I wasn't crazy for Hepburns's role here but there's no question that she's good in it and the two stars have some nice chemistry. The two of them work extremely well together and have some nice back-and-forth as they throw insults and quotes off one another.The film benefits from having some nice action as well including the finale, which I won't spoil but there's some nice tension as well as some loud action. The cinematography is quite good and technically speaking this is a well-made film. Still, I just wish something more had been done with the story and I think the attempt at remaking THE African QUEEN didn't help matters. Still, it's Wayne and Hepburn and that's worth watching.

hawkswill It never ceases to amaze me the chemistry that these two have together. It is genuinely obvious that they really LIKE each other. Both stars insisted on doing all of their own stunts when possible. Duke was known to say that Kate slowed him down a bit, but since he was on oxygen almost completely when off camera, perhaps that was a good thing.Duke had fully developed his character of Rooster by this time, and Kate played off it incredibly well. She even went so far as to compare Duke to Spencer Tracy, a tremendous accolade to him on her part.This is a must for all Kate and Duke fans besides any Western fans with a heart.

kosmasp It seems that the success of True Grit (the Oscar for John Wayne included) made people think about a sequel. And John Wayne had fun portraying the character and therefor must have been delighted to sign on to this (named after the character). Not to mention the fact, that Katherine Hepburn was going to play the female lead.You might not have to watch True Grit to get this movie (there are some nods), but it does make sense to watch it prior to watching this one. Our two leads have obviously a lot of fun with this and while the story might not be as "deep" as the one in the original, you still get a lot out of this movie.

TheLittleSongbird That does seem to be the general consensus surrounding Rooster Cogburn and I agree. The best asset of the film is easily the performances and chemistry of John Wayne and Katherine Hepburn, who are wonderful individually and together, and I was also impressed with the handsome cinematography, beautiful scenery and rousing score. There are some moments of witty and fun dialogue too.Conversely, the film is rather sluggishly directed and also the film does drag in spots. I wasn't taken with Richard Jordan, I thought he overacted to the point it was somewhat distracting. The weakest asset of Rooster Cogburn is the story, it feels very cobbled together and is clumsily told.In conclusion, it is a decent movie that could have been more. That said, Wayne and Hepburn actually prevent it from being any less than it turned out to be. 6/10 Bethany Cox