Miraculo and perfecto at the same time

So moving, heartfelt and thoughtful. Has very good atmosphere and on point.

I felt like the characters in this movie could feel the happiness and difficulties that they faced in real life.

An unusual crime drama about blackmail & confidence games. We watch as current day middle agers think back to youth. In the end it's all about starting all over, again.

I enjoyed the movie more than most because I'm from Lexington and can relate to the Thoroughbred industry. I can see how viewers without knowledge and familiarity of the region and traditions would get lost in the story line.

Really quite an interesting little story. With great actors. But too long drawn out. And a really bad ending, that leaves everything up in the air..and is not worth the wait. Give this one a miss.

***Due to the recent RT changes that have basically ruined my past reviews, I am mostly only giving a rating rather than a full review.***

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Interesting, but too stilted to be very engaging and the quality cast can't save the inconsistent script.

Been awhile since I watched this, but seems I liked this movie better than most people I suppose. Keener and Finney outshine the bigger stars in secondary parts.

A brilliant cast so it's a pity the films not better.

Maybe it worked as a play. But there's just too much scene-chewing here, and too much portentiousness. Catherine Keener does an interesting turn as something of an ingenue. I think the point of the exercise was that we all live in the hell we create for ourselves.....except those who don't.

well just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch...its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie..i think that nick nolte, sharon stone, albert finney, catherine keener, jeff bridges, sam shepard, shawn hatosy play good parts throughout this movie..i think that the director of this Drama, Mystery & Suspense movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie its a good movie 2 watch as well with a good cast throughout

Simpatico sucked! maybe it's because i watched it after having a down right shitty ass day! but jesus! It was so boring and pointless! If i ever have to look at that stupid ass Sharon Stone ever again i'll probably puke! Bridges & Nolte were both really good, but their characters had no real depth or anything! There is some dumb secret that all of them share but it just ends up a bunch of stupid bullshit! honestly this movie did not hit a home-run at all in the suspense area! it was actually disappointing as a screenplay and a real dud of a movie =( oh well. Oh ya, and just for the record FUCK FUCKIN' SHARON STONE!!

Can't remember much of this, except that it wasn't any good.

A good cast is completely wasted in this mess of a movie. The story is confusing and boring, and the ending is complete rubbish. Avoid this movie at all costs. It's a waste of time!

Not a good movie - it suffers from the usual play-translated-to-film issues - but the performances are all good and it has horses and a Sam Shepard script.

Tungt drama. Sevärd.

I read the play and did a scene for it in my college acting class. I can't remember a great deal about the movie other than thinking Jeff Bridges should play the Nolte role and vice versa. Sam Shepard's play was much better too from what I recall.

An "essentially empty" and valueless look at how people can screw their lives up forever. Some moments of good pathos, but to no purpose