▁on ▁ 2 5 9 ▁reviews , ▁with ▁an ▁average ▁rating ▁of ▁ 7 . 5 6 / 1 0 . ▁The ▁site ' s ▁critical ▁cons ensus ▁reads , ▁" A ▁well - t old ▁story ▁brought ▁to ▁life ▁by ▁a ▁beautiful ly ▁matched ▁cast , ▁The ▁Old ▁Man ▁& ▁the ▁Gun ▁is ▁pure , ▁easy going ▁entertain ment ▁for ▁film ▁fans — and ▁a ▁fitting ▁fare well ▁to ▁a ▁legend ." ▁On ▁Met ac rit ic , ▁the ▁film ▁has ▁a ▁weight ed ▁average ▁score ▁of ▁ 8 0 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 , ▁based ▁on ▁ 4 9 ▁critics , ▁indicating ▁" gener ally ▁favor able ▁reviews ." ▁ ▁Cl int ▁Wor thing ton ▁of ▁Conse quence ▁of ▁Sound ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁a ▁" B +" ▁grade , ▁saying : ▁" Just ▁like ▁T ucker ▁can ' t ▁help ▁but ▁ch ase ▁the ▁thr ill ▁of ▁an ▁out law ' s ▁life , ▁so ▁too ▁the ▁audience ▁gets ▁hook ed ▁on ▁Red ford ' s ▁effort less ▁presence , ▁and ▁the ▁air y , ▁eth ere al ▁jo ys ▁the ▁film ▁presents ." ▁Tod d ▁Mc Car thy ▁of ▁The ▁Hollywood ▁Re porter ▁wrote : ▁" The ▁film ▁makes ▁plenty ▁of ▁mile age ▁from ▁trad ing ▁on ▁the ▁charm ▁of ▁a ▁good ▁bad ▁boy , ▁and ▁Red ford ' s ▁long ▁experience ▁in ▁playing ▁such ▁roles ▁serves ▁him ▁beautiful ly ▁here ; ▁he ▁knows ▁by ▁now ▁he ▁doesn ' t ▁have ▁to ▁push ▁his ▁attract iveness ▁to ▁be