out of 100 based on 20 reviews, indicating “mixed or average reviews.” Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 2 out of 4 stars, saying "Wyatt Earp plays as if they took Tombstone and pumped it full of hot air. It involves many of the same characters and much of the same story, but little of the tension and drama. It's a rambling, unfocused biography of Wyatt Earp (Kevin Costner), starting when he's a kid and following his development from an awkward would-be lawyer into a slick gunslinger. This is a long journey, in a three-hour film that needs better pacing." Todd McCarthy of Variety praised the cast and production values, but remarked, "If you're going to ask an audience to sit through a three-hour, nine-minute rendition of an oft-told story, it would help to have a strong point of view on your material and an urgent reason to relate it. Such is not the case with Wyatt Earp." Similarly, Caryn James of The New York Times complimented the film's ambition and effort to portray a more human Wyatt, but still felt that "the film's literal-minded approach to the hero's dark soul is one of its terrible problems. 'Wyatt Earp' labors to turn this mythic figure into a complex man; instead it makes him a cardboard cutout and his story a creepingly slow one." Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade "B+" on scale of A to F. Year-end worst-of lists 2nd – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone 2nd – Dan Craft, The Pantagraph 4th – Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News 7th – Robert Denerstein, Rocky Mountain News 8th – John Hurley, Staten Island Advance Top 12 (Alphabetically ordered, not ranked) – David Elliott, The San Diego Union-TribuneAccolades American Film Institute nominated the film in AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores See also Tombstone – starring Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp, released around the same time. Frontier Marshal – starring Randolph Scott as Wyatt Earp, released in 1939. My Darling Clementine – directed by John Ford, about the lead up to and battle of the OK Corral, released in 1946. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral – directed by John Sturges, about the same events, released in 1957. Hour of the Gun'' – starring James Garner as Wyatt Earp, released in 1967. References External links 1994 films 1990s English-language films 1990s biographical films 1994 Western (genre) films