All the Pretty Horses
Miramax Films | Release Date: December 25, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
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Mixed or average reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
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13
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3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Remains as flat as the Texas plains. Read full review
40
Dallas ObserverM. V. Moorhead
It all feels disorienting and truncated, as if the script, by Ted Tally, who also adapted "Silence of the Lambs," was a harried summary of the book. Read full review
60
Film.comSean Means
All the Pretty Horses may end up being a good movie to watch on DVD, when all the footage is restored and we can see the subtle shadings Thornton jettisoned. Read full review
40
Film.comErnest Hardy
It limps, not gallops, across the screen for what seems an interminable stretch of time and leaves the viewer with precious little to show for the experience. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
It's like a tantalizing CliffsNotes version of what could have been.
50
Mr. ShowbizLarry Terenzi
A botched effort. Not necessarily bad, but hardly compelling either.
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
Never really gets out of the starting gate.
60
NewsweekDavid Ansen
A movie of arresting pieces that don't harmonize into a satisfying whole.
50
Rolling StonePeter Travers
It doesn't help that Damon and Cruz fail to generate sparks or that the second half of the film, in which John and Lacey face hell in a Mexican prison, feels bluntly edited to fit a two-hour running time.
60
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The movie's greatest liability is the familiarity of the material, much parodied since the glory days of John Ford. Unfortunately, Thornton's love for its iconography doesn't quite bring it to life. Read full review
50
USA TodayMike Clark
As this year's literary adaptations go, Horses comes a lot closer to being a truly bad movie than "The Perfect Storm" did, yet it would be hard to argue that the two are not the year's most disappointing in terms of trampled hopes. Read full review
50
VarietyTodd McCarthy
A half-broken adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's great modern Western novel. Neither dull nor exciting. Read full review
50
Village VoiceAmy Taubin
The film is too eager to please and falls short of the novel's tragic dimension. Read full review
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