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Howard Thompson of The New York Times called the film a " pallid, pretentious and overlong reflection of the Japanese original "; according to Thompson, " don't expect anything like the ice-cold suspense, the superb juxtaposition of revealing human vignettes and especially the pile-driver tempo of the first Seven.

" According to Variety, " Until the women and children arrive on the scene about two-thirds of the way through, The Magnificent Seven is a rip-roaring rootin ' tootin ' western with lots of bite and tang and old-fashioned abandon.

The last third is downhill, a long and cluttered anti-climax in which The Magnificent Seven grow slightly too magnificent for comfort.