Wonderful character development!

Fantastic!

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

first things first - i am a big fan of mel Gibson and jodie foster, westerns and comedy. hence, its no surprise that i rather enjoyed the slickly made maverick. mel Gibson and jodie foster are simply brilliant and great fun to watch. the plot is pathetic and an excuse for a series of fun-filled capers and smart lines.the movie is filled with witticisms that are really cool, my favorite being danny glovers cameo and his line "im getting too old for this s**t". :) jodie foster looks absolutely adorable, mel Gibson is his usual dashing self. the downsides are the way too many plot twists towards the end, throwing one off the track and frankly they were rather unnecessary, quite annoying indeed.but in all its a fun movie for a relaxed evening, nothing great - just a lil bit of fun.a fun-filled 7!

Let me say at the outset that Maverick is a hugely enjoyable humorous western. Coming right in the thick of Hollywood mining TV nostalgia in order to put big screen adaptations of popular TV series from yesteryear on screen, it is both a decent homage to its progenitor as well as being a very entertaining movie in its own right. It has a good, unpredictable story, an excellent cast who all perform well (especially the supporting characters), Mel Gibson makes an attractive Bret Maverick, and it is pleasing to see James Garner, TV's Bret Maverick, as Marshal Zane Cooper - such films like to place members of the original cast as a nod of approval, a way of linking the old to the new.And then the makers of this film play a trick on the audience (by which I mean those members who recall the original and are watching this film for the first time). I can't say anything about it other than that it involves confounding expectations, but it is a sheer delight when it dawns on the audience how thoroughly they have been had.I'm not a major Mel Gibson fan, but I do like this movie a lot.

'Maverick', directed by the legendary Richard Donner, is a genuinely entertaining film, that also manages some good laughs in the goings-on. The film is stylishly directed, wonderfully photographed & features a Fabulous performance by cult actor, Mel Gibson. Set in the American Old West, Gibson stars as Bret Maverick, a wisecracking gambler, on the way to a major five-card draw poker tournament. But on his way to reach his destination, he is faced by a women thief, a villain who wants to track him down & a legendary lawman. Based on the 1950s television series of the same name, created by Roy Huggins, 'Maverick' turns out to be Good Fun. The Screenplay is well-written and packs in several interesting moments. The Witty One-Liners, are hilarious and keep your interest alive. Donner's direction, like always, is effective. He has directed the Grand Climax, with style. Cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond, is wonderful. Editing is sharp. Costume Design is pitch-perfect. Performance-Wise: Gibson, as mentioned, delivers a Fabulous performance as Maverick. He gets his comic timing spot-on and plays his part with rare ease. Jodie Foster is efficient, as expected. James Garner is top-notch. Alfred Molina & Graham Greene are decent. James Coburn is terrific in a brief, yet substantial role. On the whole, 'Maverick' is an entertaining film, that is definitely worth a watch. Thumbs Up!

This movie was a rather good western movie, a genre that I am not the biggest fan of. Granted, in the case of this movie it is more of a comedy so that helps this one rise above the typical western movie in my eyes. So does the cast as you get Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, and Alfred Molina as well as veteran actors James Garner (who played Maverick on the television show) and James Coburn. The story has Maverick in the middle of a rather unpleasant situation, you get to see what led to that as the movie unfolds to show you how he got there and then proceeds to show what happens afterward. Maverick is trying to raise the cash he needs to enter a huge poker tournament on a riverboat, but alas he is having a lot of difficulty. Not only does he have to deal with an over the line rival named Angel (Alfred Molina) he also has to worry about a nice gal that seems to have taken a liken to him, or the fact that she can dupe him at almost any turn. There are also thieves to contend with as Maverick gets tricked into lending a helping hand and mad crazed Indians as well. All this before he gets into the tournament where there are so many double crosses it gets rather funny. So yes, this one was really funny and it had its moments of action as well. It never, however, takes itself to seriously as the actors seem to really be having fun with their roles in this one.