Redford and Freeman try their level best to raise the film above its innate mediocrity, they do strike a nice on-screen rapport but can do little beyond that.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jan 10, 2019

There's a touching subplot about Redford's relationship with Morgan Freeman's crippled ranch-hand, and some nonsense about the capture and liberation of an enigmatic bear.

| Jan 20, 2007

Call it "the Sundance effect," in which sentimental family drama blossoms amid a scenic, pastoral American landscape, with all its connotations of unspoiled purity and rejuvenation.

| Jun 24, 2006

There's something strangely poignant about watching Robert Redford trying to be Clint Eastwood.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 24, 2006

A wistful smalltown drama, this is predictable and pleasant, with enjoyable performances. It suffers from heavy-handed symbolism, but as an undemanding mainstream movie it has its simple pleasures.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 24, 2006

Hallstrm ropes an all-star cast into what's essentially a glossed-up 온라인카지노추천 movie.

Full Review | Sep 26, 2005

The picture has no discernible reason for being. It's impossible to identify with characters who seem so fond of their own misery, they can't be bothered to communicate even the most basic facts about themselves.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 24, 2005

By the conclusion, the movie turns into the ursine answer to Free Willy, veering dangerously close to New Age parody.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 23, 2005

It's the kind of movie that you can't fault too terribly much, primarily because its heart seems to be in the right place.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 18, 2005

Manages to be both moving and poignant largely because of the superb acting, cinematography and direction.

| Sep 12, 2005

Redford looks like he's got an electric shaver with the trimming length set to "crazy." How much of Einar's sanity could be restored with a razor and a trip to SuperCuts?

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 9, 2005

The picture is outrageously predictable and somewhat poky, but there's also something admirably bold about the way it so adamantly demands we swallow its hokum.

| Sep 9, 2005

Redford and Freeman have a relaxed rapport -- watch their expressions when Griff asks them if they're gay -- but the script keeps giving them unspeakable lines to utter.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Sep 9, 2005

The grizzly may have mauled Mitch, but by the end, that metaphor has mauled us.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 9, 2005

Hallstrm specializes in tales of pent-up longing and hesitant reconciliation, but this cinematic Hallmark card is too prettified and predictable for his reliably delicate touch.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 9, 2005

Redford's hellbound to remain the craggy cowboy who hides his feelings under Marlboro Man stoicism. Must he act like a River Runs Through everything?

| Sep 9, 2005

Days of Our Lives in coveralls.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 9, 2005

It's no great thing, but in their heyday as Oscar campaigners, they could have made Redford a contender.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 9, 2005

It's a good story, well told, honed just short of a distracting sheen.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 9, 2005

There is never much doubt how An Unfinished Life will finish, yet it is kept dramatically and emotionally involving by the actors, who approach the characters and the story honestly and sincerely.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 9, 2005