The Christian Science Monitor critic Peter Rainer gave the film a "B+" and wrote "what Alfred Hitchcock once said about thrillers also applies to Westerns: The stronger the bad guy, the better the film. By that measure, 3:10 to Yuma is excellent." Comparing the film to the 1957 film, Rainer wrote that the film "is larger in scope than its predecessor, and significantly altered in its ending, but essentially it's the same old morality play."
Peter Rainer, a critic from The Christian Science Monitor, gave the film a "B+" rating and stated that Alfred Hitchcock once said about thrillers: "The stronger the bad guy, the better the film." By this measure, 3:10 to Yuma is excellent.  Rainer compared the film to the 1957 film, stating it is larger in scope than its predecessor and significantly altered in its ending but essentially the same morality play.