Open Range

Pros: Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner as actor and director, Annette Bening
Cons: Seems a lot like Unforgiven

What makes westerns so appealing to so many of us? The best ones not only give us an insight to life in a different time, but they also teach us a lesson about the way we live now. Such is the case with Kevin Costner's return to the western, "Open Range." ...

Pros: Great acting, scenery and storyline
Cons: None

Not too long ago I was complaining that there are not enough Westerns being shown on the big screen ...

Pros: Duvall. Most of the script. Costner. In that order.
Cons: The villains. Pacing problems

The only problem with ‘Open Range’ (well, no, there are some other problems) is that it carries wi ...

Pros: "Beautiful" would be an understatement.
Cons: All that glitters ain't gold.

I'm not much of a fan of Westerns. I hate hot weather, the fields and deserts look so dry, the dust ...

Pros: dynamic, exciting, great action scenes, cool speeches
Cons: slow at the beginning, long

When I saw the trailers for Open Range, I couldn't help but whisper in my wife's ear, "This is going to be big." I felt giddy at the thought that somebody, somewhere, finally knew what a western was supposed to be. I was right. With few ...

Pros: Beautiful cinematography
Cons: I didn't empathize with main characters.

The first time I saw with Kevin Costner was Field of Dreams; my husband took us there on our ...

Pros: Leisurely and effective character development leads to climactic conflict
Cons: Pace may be slow for some tastes

Boss Spearman (Robert Duvall) is a good man, in a quiet and gruff way. He is the leader of a small group of four men and a dog driving a herd of cattle across Montana. Charlie Waite (Kevin Costner), his sidekick, is a good man, in a quiet and haunted ...

Pros: Duvall's performance, Costner's direction, humor in the script, great final showdown
Cons: a little too long; could have shortened that last scene after the climax

Kevin Costner's "Open Range" breathes new life into the Western, making it suitable for modern audie ...

Pros: Solid cast, classic western story, authentic in most details, and a starkly realistic gunfight.
Cons: Slow pacing and what I call classic some will call cliché.

I’ve just come from seeing “Open Range” for the second time. It felt really good to see a decent we ...

Pros: Great acting, storyline, cinematography, unpredictable, realistic scenes of gunfighting.
Cons: None for me.

Ever since "Dances With Wolves" came out I've been waiting for another good western. Clint Eastwood is talented and consistently turns out westerns that earn good reviews, but something is just....missing with them. They seem a little dry to me...they d ...

Pros: See below
Cons: See below

As of late, Kevin Costner has been lacking a certain aura of respectability about him. What else did he expect for starring in, sometimes even producing, films like The Postman and 3000 Miles to Graceland ? Costner is obviously looking to ...

Pros: Robert Duvall, need I write more?
Cons: Slow in spots, sometimes too meticulously directed

Kevin Costner directs a love letter to the West pre-modern development and mass movement to States ...

Pros: Great cinematography, captures the feel of the period
Cons: Covers familiar ground and a somewhat predictable plot

After several flops, Kevin Costner returns to the big screen in the new western, "Open Range". Cost ...

Pros: Cinematography, sweet story
Cons: A little slow, ending way too long

My husband and I just returned from seeing Open Range, a new Western genre movie that stars and is d ...

Pros: Robert Duvall
Cons: a little syrupy at the end

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