A leisurely elegy for the American West with Kevin Costner's Unforgiven written all over it.
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08/15/03
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
81 - 100 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Has a pace as laconic as its director's screen persona.
08/15/03
Open Range is a Western in which the carts pull the horses.
08/15/03
If you grew up on Westerns, which are now an old-time religion, Open Range is a ride you want to share.
08/15/03
[A] very special and singular film
08/15/03
Purty but shallow.
08/15/03
Easily qualifies as the best Western since Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven.
08/15/03
Open Range is not the Western’s last hurrah, but it may be Costner’s.
08/15/03
A rousing addition to that most American of film genres, the western.
08/15/03
An awesome compendium of cowboy-movie cliches. It borders on parody, and often crosses the border, rustling up a drove of oater aphorisms.
08/15/03
Costner delivers a methodical paean to the old west and to old westerns.
08/15/03
Open Range is too talky, too corny and too long. Yet it gets so much right, from its simple affection for the sight of horses at full gallop to a climactic gunfight that sets a new standard for wit and excitement and right- eous revenge.
08/15/03
Kevin Costner is back in the saddle again, and people are going to start using "Oscar" and "Costner" in the same sentence again.
08/15/03
Kevin Costner's new Western is a showdown movie in the mold of High Noon, but because it's Costner, nothing really happens until, like, 3:15.
08/15/03
Robert Duvall brings an authenticity to his performances that puts any movie he appears in ahead of the game from the start.
08/15/03
A juicy, character-driven western with a real plot that spins a hypnotic narrative.
08/15/03
A solidly crafted and entertaining old-school western.
08/15/03
Costner doesn't seek to reinvent the classic Westerns as much as simply honor them. On those modest terms, he succeeds.
08/15/03
There's a fine little western lurking inside Open Range: Too bad it gets drowned out by director Kevin Costner's pretentiousness.
08/15/03
A film that recycles familiar elements from a variety of cowboy classics but still establishes and maintains its own unique sensibility.
08/15/03
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