Critical Reception
The 2002 Sight & Sound poll of film critics and directors did not place Rio Bravo in its top ten, but it did find it to be the best film directed by Howard Hawks, with 7 votes, surpassing seven of his other films, including His Girl Friday (5 votes), Red River (4), To Have and Have Not (3), and Bringing Up Baby (2). In the same poll, Rio Bravo placed ahead of High Noon, a film to which it has been compared. High Noon received 1 vote.
In August 1976, Leslie Halliwell described the film as a "heerfully overlong and slow-moving western ll very watchable for those with time to spare", giving it ** (2 stars out of 4), a rare high rating.
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