Synopsis
Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.
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Cast
- Dennis QuaidSam Houston
- Billy Bob ThorntonDavy Crockett
- Jason PatricJames Bowie
- Patrick WilsonWilliam Travis
- Emilio EchevarríaAntonio Lopez de Santa Ana
- Edwin HodgeJoe
- Emily DeschanelRosanna Travis
- Jordi MollàJuan Seguin
- Leon RippySgt. William Ward
- Tom DavidsonColonel Green Jameson
Recommendations
- 60
Dallas Observer
The result is something that feels very much like an overachieving made-for-TV movie--a history lesson dolled up like an action movie, with the action relegated to the final third, and even then, the battle is over before it really begins. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
A respectable and at times an exciting film that should appeal to males of all ages, history buffs and -- yes, it's inevitable -- patriots. - 60
Variety
Refreshingly revisionist in the sense that it takes a relatively clear-eyed view of the messy lives and equivocal circumstances of many of the key participants. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
Never harmonizes into a cinematic experience any more resonant than the average, manly, why-we-fight pic, or coalesces into a stirring cry for freedom. - 50
ReelViews
The good news first: The Alamo is probably the most historically accurate depiction yet to reach the screen of the famous siege. The bad news is that "historically accurate" does not necessarily translate into "dramatically successful." - 50
The A.V. Club
Turns into an edited-for-TV version of Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch"--flat, bloodless, and utterly bereft of period grit. - 50
L.A. Weekly
Pinned down and smelling death, the men grow into fully realized human beings, which makes for some fine performances, but doesn't exactly propel this epic, richly detailed film forward. The battle, when it finally comes, is brief, admirably non-gory and rather dull. - 50
Chicago Tribune
A professionally made movie, just not an essential one. There's little fresh or provocative here, and if you can't be shaken by this story, why bother?
