Marred by an unearned solemnity and an ill-advised romance, the film is still the best western in years.
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08/19/03
Open Range (2003)
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Reviews Counted:168
Fresh:132
Rotten:36
Average Rating:6.8/10
Consensus: A simple tale, well told, Open Range is one of Kevin Costner's better efforts.
Runtime: 2 hrs 19 mins
Genre: Dramas
US Box Office: $58,260,046
Synopsis: Academy-Award® winning director Kevin Costner ("Dances with Wolves") helms this traditional Western tale of a way of life that is quickly disappearing. Boss Spearman (ROBERT DUVALL), Charley... [More]
Starring: Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, Michael Gambon
Director: Kevin Costner
Reviews for Open Range
61 - 80 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
This is probably one of the best westerns made since Kevin Costner first hopped on a horse in Silverado.
08/19/03
An exhilarating fusion of new and old Hollywood that proves there's still life left in one of film's oldest forms.
08/19/03
Charley's crusty assessment of events -- 'Nothing that's been happening in this town is much of a surprise' -- is all too knowingly accurate.
08/19/03
It’s a grand old western the way they used to make ’em, simple and elegant and cool and dusty and marvelous... the best western made since Unforgiven.
08/19/03
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08/19/03
Open Range, in spite of being a greatly entertaining film, isn’t Oscar quality. But Duvall’s performance is.
08/19/03
The presence Duvall and Costner bring to the screen is only matched by Costner's ability as a director to take the dark material of Open Rangeand make it feel classic.
08/19/03
An old-fashioned cowboy movie that sticks to the genre's roots with a little jigging and tweaking to remain relevant for current audiences.
08/19/03
I started a thinkin how cum Kevin Costner couldn't a made a better movie. I shor nuff liked his Dances with Wolves but he jes moseyed round a lot more in this piture. Why there twern't a lot o action.
08/18/03
A movie that seeks no higher calling than to entertain us the way Hollywood used to.
08/18/03
Costner’s film is steeped in the tradition of John Ford and the great westerns of the 40’s and 50’s
08/18/03
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08/18/03
Kevin Costner brings us another epic Western, but Robert Duvall steals the show.
08/17/03
Costner tends towards humorless earnestness for his romantic American hero, but he has the good sense to pair himself with the gruffer, glinting irreverence of old pro Duvall.
08/17/03
Not without its charms.
08/17/03
Costner aside, it is a very nice film, eminently watchable and praiseworthy.
08/17/03
Open Range is far from the worst film of the year, but it does test one's endurance like no other.
08/16/03
Not up to the level of the best of the genre, but it is a solid, well-crafted movie.
08/16/03
Open Range has too much of what its title portends.
08/15/03
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