Here is Costner, calm and careful, his skin these days only a little older with its new indentations and fine markings. And when he is like this on screen, he is perfect.

| Dec 14, 2017

Some killing, but most violence is PG-13.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 26, 2010

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 1, 2006

Handsomely mounted, as you would expect, Open Range has a good deal to commend it.

| Jan 26, 2006

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 7, 2005

Just about everything in this movie has its antecedent: a little bit of Shane here, a chunk of High Noon there, and so on. And yet it's all rather pleasing, in a regressive sort of way.

Full Review | Aug 7, 2004

This is a truly outstanding film, with great performances, particularly from Duvall.

| Apr 9, 2004

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 16, 2004

A flawed but highly entertaining B Western blown up to John Ford scale.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 21, 2003

The casting of this film may be its greatest asset: Duvall and Costner have the easy familiarity of longtime partners.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 21, 2003

Charley's crusty assessment of events -- 'Nothing that's been happening in this town is much of a surprise' -- is all too knowingly accurate.

| Aug 19, 2003

A movie that seeks no higher calling than to entertain us the way Hollywood used to.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 18, 2003

What he does find, however, makes for some of the richest and most satisfyingly character-driven dramatics of the year, making the schizophrenic awfulness of the some of the rest that much more difficult to understand.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 17, 2003

Not without its charms.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 17, 2003

Open Range has too much of what its title portends.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 15, 2003

Has a pace as laconic as its director's screen persona.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 15, 2003

Open Range is a Western in which the carts pull the horses.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 15, 2003

Purty but shallow.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 15, 2003

An awesome compendium of cowboy-movie cliches. It borders on parody, and often crosses the border, rustling up a drove of oater aphorisms.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 15, 2003

A juicy, character-driven western with a real plot that spins a hypnotic narrative.

| Aug 15, 2003