Page "Clint Eastwood" Paragraph 13

The Dollars trilogy was not released in the United States until 1967, when A Fistful of Dollars opened in January, followed by For a Few Dollars More in May, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly on December 29.

All the films were commercially successful, particularly The Good, the Bad and the Ugly which eventually earned $ 8 million ( US $ in dollars ) in rental earnings and turned Eastwood into a major film star.

All three films received bad reviews, and marked the beginning of a battle for Eastwood to win American film critics ' respect.

Judith Crist described A Fistful of Dollars as " cheapjack ", while Newsweek considered For a Few Dollars More as " excruciatingly dopey ".

Renata Adler of The New York Times said The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ( now widely considered one of the finest films in the history of cinema ,) was " the most expensive, pious and repellent movie in the history of its peculiar genre ".

Time magazine drew attention to the film's wooden acting, especially on the part of Eastwood, though a few critics such as Vincent Canby and Bosley Crowther of The New York Times praised Eastwood's coolness in playing the tall, lone stranger.

Leone's distinctive cinematography style was widely acclaimed, even by critics who disparaged the acting in the film.