Open Range (2003)

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Directed by
Kevin Costner

Written by
Lauran Paine, Craig Storper

Cast
Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, Michael Gambon, Michael Jeter [more]

Open Range Reviews

Whatever his faults as a filmmaker may be, Kevin Costner certainly understands the Western. Although Open Range is not on the same level as Dances with Wolves, it's a respectable effort that is only slightly marred by the unnecessarily protracted denouement. This is a great two-hour motion picture. Unfortunately, it runs 20 minutes longer than that. [read review]  --James Berardinelli (ReelViews) "Open Range" is the kind of movie that Costner knows how to make, whether he's acting in it or directing. It's about the big things and the small details, a movie about America as a nation but also the specific habits and behavior of individuals. [read review] --Desson Howe (Washington Post) Open Range copies the rain and flood of the Clint Eastwood classic but can't match it for dark-night-of-the-soul brilliance -- not with dogs getting shot, Duvall speechifyin' about freedom in this country and Costner talking mush about kisses. [read review] -- (Rolling Stone) "Open Range" does prattle on a bit too long, taking a few too many bows after that amazing climactic set piece. But it's a terrific, mature departure for Costner as a filmmaker, and ranks among his very best work. [read review] --Jeffrey M. Anderson (San Francisco Examiner) With all the best intentions on making an old-fashioned Western, Open Range just can't make it past its utterly pathetic dialogue and overdone plot. John Wayne is turning over in his grave. [read review]  --Kit Bowen (Hollywood.com) Those who may be tempted to skip the film because of The Postman would do well to reconsider, as this is one of the most purely entertaining movies to come around in a while. [read review]  --David Nusair (Reel Film Reviews) Costner’s epic, as director, is one to behold, not for its 24th hour sentimental about-face, but for the existential knack it has for the pacific, the stately and the quiet. [read review] 80/100 --Jon Lap (Apollo Guide) Flawed and talky, sinuous and violent, funny and warm, the movie does its main thing, its raison d'etre, brilliantly: It tells you how the West was won. [read review] --Stephen Hunter (Washington Post) Slowed down somewhat by a shoehorned-in love story, it's overlong and unoriginal but never less than entertaining - topped by a terrific gunfight. [read review]  --Nev Pierce (BBC Films) Watch Kevin Costner for five minutes in "Open Range," and it becomes obvious: This is an actor in the grip of an idea -- an idea about himself. [read review] --Mick LaSalle (San Francisco Chronicle) "Open Range" is not in the same league with "Dances," but this compelling drama stands on its own as one of the best films of the summer. [read review] --Paul Clinton (CNN Showbiz) ''Open Range'' wants its notions of good and evil to have a primal, mythic force, but instead it feels both puffed up and simplistic. [read review] --A.O. Scott (The New York Times) Robert Duvall brings an authenticity to his performances that puts any movie he appears in ahead of the game from the start. [read review] 76/100 --Brian Webster (Apollo Guide) Enjoyable, well directed traditional western with a superb performance by Robert Duvall and an impressive final shoot-out. [read review]  --Matthew Turner (ViewLondon) Director Kevin Costner does actor Kevin Costner a big favor in "Open Range" - he makes him a man of few words. [read review] --Jack Mathews (New York Daily News) Pretension out guns true grit in this Western morality tale. [read review] -- (Hollywod Reporter)

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