Noutions Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

calvinnme If the John Birch Society decided to do a Western remake of The Taming of the Shrew and got Donald Trump to direct, you'd wind up with this film.And yet I like it. As the Duke and Maureen O'Hara have moved into middle age the sparks still fly when they are on screen together. G. W. McLintock (Wayne) settled this wild western country with his young wife Kate (O'Hara) years ago, and McLintock is now a wealthy rancher. But he has problems. First off the government has given large tracts of surrounding land to some poor people so they can farm. The problem is, the land is not fit for farming. However, some crooked government agents just tell the settlers that G.W. doesn't want farmers surrounding his ranch land. His long estranged wife Kate, is back in town saying she wants a divorce. And finally, McLintock's daughter has returned home after graduating college and her boyfriend is just not masculine enough to suit G.W. (Jerry Van Dyke as Matt Douglas Jr.). To boot, Matt's dad, a blowhard politician, is making romantic overtures to Kate.G.W. is confused. He can't figure out why his wife left him, and she can't really communicate her issues very well either, although she is very good at insulting him. He still loves her, and you can tell she still loves him, mainly by the look on her face when anybody talks about "the good old days" when she and G.W. were first starting out. The film has all kinds of messages I don't like - that women are just looking for a man to stand up to them and give them a good spanking. Although these scenes are played as broad comedy, it still sends a weird message fifty years later. Then there is G.W. intending to disinherit his daughter, his only child, so she can have the joy of noble poverty and building something up from nothing which will, of course, require a man back in the old west. Then there is a pheasant hunting - more like shooting - scene that just looks too real. I'm sure People Eating Tasty Animals might not mind, but PETA probably would.What's good about it? Anytime you get Maureen O'Hara and the Duke together you have screen magic. Then there is a great mud fight scene that may be silly but it is fun watching the Duke as G.W. trying to resist his temper when one of the settlers does something macho and stupid - and that's a high bar to reach in this film - and finds he just can't do it. Mass fighting between people who don't even have a grudge against each other and sliding into a nearby mudpit ensues. Think barroom brawl here, just outside. Then there is McLintock trying to retire his current cook and hire a settler widow woman in his place. But retirement doesn't mean what it does today. McLintock tells the old cook that he'll be part of the family, living in the house with everybody else, just not having to cook anymore. Sounds like a good deal to me. So McLintock is a good boss who is fair to his employees and apparently just doesn't turn them out in the street in their old age.Maybe Wayne could see that people might have a problem with the spanking and the pheasants and the mocking of the effeminate boyfriend, and so he put in a few scenes about the bad treatment of the Indians at the time to even things out.I'm no raging feminist, so for me to get offended there must be something offensive there. Yet I'd say take it in the context of the times, enjoy the magic of the Duke and Maureen O'Hara, and just look at it as not intending to be harmful and you'll probably enjoy it. After all, the Duke had to do a comedy every few movies or he'd just become a parody of himself. And besides, Dick York was telling Elizabeth Montgomery "no wife of mine is going to work!" in "Bewitched" until the late 1960s. Although I doubt he would have ever spanked her or she would have turned him into a newt.

AaronCapenBanner John Wayne stars as George Washington McLintock, a wealthy but benevolent cattle baron who has to deal with an increasing number of homesteaders who have been given land grants by the government to farm, which he is very skeptical about, but cannot change. He even hires one of them, an ambitious young man(played by his son Patrick Wayne) along with his mother and sister. They will come to be close to him after his daughter Becky(played by Stefanie Powers) comes to visit from college, along with his estranged wife Katherine Gilhooley McLintock(played by frequent costar Maureen Ohara). He secretly is still in love with her, and will try most earnestly to win her back, despite her stubborn defiance.Not particularly funny, and most definitely overlong romp doesn't seem to have much point at all, though it is amiable enough I suppose, with a protracted and inevitable conclusion.

atlasmb Looking at the reviews on this site, it appears this film has many fans. I cannot understand why.First of all, the script has no charm. I loved Wayne and O'Hara in The Quiet Man, but here they are working with a script that more closely resembles a Road Runner cartoon (mug for the camera, hit someone over the head with the nearest object, then fall hilariously over your own feet!).Saying that the concept is based upon The Taming of the Shrew does not make it better.Everything that happens in the film is broadcast in advance. There are no surprises. Slapstick can be an art, but here there is no joy in it. I don't mean to belittle the opinions of others. Everyone is entitled to his own opinion. But I found no genuine laughs in this movie. There are so many other worthy films out there.

ma-cortes Nice film with the Duke as a tough Cattle baron , this is a Western screen version of the classic Shakespearean comedy . John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara are perfectly cast as ¨Taming of the shrew¨ couple . The inspiration for this raucous John Wayne comedy was none other than William Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew", which producer Michael Wayne and director Andrew V. McLaglen thought would have even more of a comedic kick if it were set in the Old West . Starring John Wayne as George Washington whose refined wife (Maureen O'Hara) returns from the east after a two-year separation . She wants a divorce and custody of their 17-year-old daughter (Stefanie Powers) who's been away at school . In the meantime, George's contracted a housekeeper (Yvonne De Carlo) whose son (real-life son Patrick Wayne) promptly falls for his daughter . McLintock then battles his spouse , his daughter, and land-grabbers , finally "taming" them all .This Western/comedy contains a love story , wonderful friendship , thrills , emotion and loads of fist-play . Western comedy with ¨Taming of the Shrew¨ overtones with a magnificent main cast and top-notch support cast . In ¨MacLintock" Andrew McLagen does the human touch including lots of nice moments , it is a very fine picture that could become another western worthy of any anthology . The "mudhole" in which the famous brawl took place wasn't actually made of mud. It was made of a material called Bentonite, which is used in the drilling of oil wells and has the consistency of chocolate syrup ; according to actor Leo Gordon , the first one to be knocked down it, that scene took a week to shoot. In this film the spectator enjoys because it has a lot of issues that make it enjoyable . Even the female characters played by attractive Maureen O'Hara and Stefanie Powers , reveal two women who know that they wish and makes it irresistible . Other John Wayne family members involved in this pleasant production include son Michael G. Wayne who produced the movie , his daughter Aissa as the housekeeper's daughter and mainly Patrick Wayne . John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara are perfectly cast as ¨Taming of the shrew¨ couple giving extraordinary performances . This is the fourth of five movies that paired John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara , such as The big Jack , Rio Grande , The Wings of Eagles , and of course ¨The quite man¨ . Although often seen as simply a knockabout comedy , John Wayne also intended the film to be a statement of his own conservative political views . Large support cast formed by Western usual players as Edgar Buchanan , Michael Pataki , Jack Krushen , Mari Blanchard , Leo Gordon , Edward Faulkner , Chuck Robertson , Strother Martin , Perry Lopez and other actors , John Ford's favourite , such as : Bruce Cabot , Chill Wills , Hank Worden and Bob Steele . Jolly and lively musical score by De Vol . Colorful and spectacular cinematography in Cinemascope by William H Clothier , John Ford's ordinary .This well-paced film was compellingly directed by Andrew V. McLagen , son of great actor Victor McLagen . Although Stefanie Powers claims that John Ford came to the set to direct the movie for a week, Andrew V. McLaglen the director says that it never happened , he says he was there for the entire shoot of the movie . The pic contains McLagen's usual themes as familiar feeling , a little bit enjoyable humor, friendship and and sense of comradeship among people . Andrew does the human touch and full of insight that accompanied him during most of his films and the story develops pleasantly in a large frame with an interesting plot and fully adjusted to the requirements of the comedy . Andrew McLagen is a known Ford's disciple introducing similar themes in his films . Andrew holds the distinction of directing the most episodes of "Gunsmoke" . Furthermore , he holds the honor of filmmaking the most episodes of ¨Have gun , Will travel" (1957). And is one of the few directors to have directed both Clint Eastwood and John Wayne . He's a Western expert (McLintock , Shenandoah , Bandolero, Chisum , Cahill, Way West) and warlike specialist , such as proved in several films (Return to Kwai, Wild Geese , Dirty dozen: the next mission, Sea wolves, Breakthrough) . Rating ¨MacLintock¨ : Nice , acceptable and passable , 6'5 . The picture will appeal to John Wayne fans . Worthwhile watching .