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Appaloosa (2008)

tomatometer

76

Average Rating: 6.6/10
Reviews Counted: 159
Fresh: 121 | Rotten: 38

A traditional genre western, Appaloosa sets itself apart with smart psychology, an intriguing love triangle, and good chemistry between the leads.

74

Average Rating: 6.6/10
Critic Reviews: 39
Fresh: 29 | Rotten: 10

A traditional genre western, Appaloosa sets itself apart with smart psychology, an intriguing love triangle, and good chemistry between the leads.

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Average Rating: 3.2/5
User Ratings: 54,607

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Upon drifting into a troubled Western outpost and discovering that the helpless locals are being terrorized by a ruthless rancher and his brutish hired hands, two rugged, straight-shooting peacemakers decide to stick around and put things right in this Western adapted from the novel by Robert B. Parker and directed by Ed Harris. Bragg (Jeremy Irons) is a rancher who believes himself to be above the law, a stance that's forever cemented when he guns down the town sheriff and his deputy in cold

R,

Western, Action & Adventure

Ed Harris, Robert Knott

Jan 13, 2009

$20.2M

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Critic Reviews for Appaloosa

All Critics (162) | Top Critics (40) | Fresh (121) | Rotten (38) | DVD (15)

It was at times incredibly slow and even poorly edited, and I've never understood the appeal of Renee Zelwegger.

November 7, 2008 Full Review Source: At the Movies | Comments (2)
Ben Lyons
At the Movies
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Ed Harris does it better than anybody.

November 7, 2008 Full Review Source: At the Movies | Comments (2)
Ben Mankiewicz
At the Movies
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Appaloosa takes the traditional notion of a lone lawman fighting injustice and turns it successfully on its head.

October 10, 2008 Full Review Source: Miami Herald | Comment (1)
Connie Ogle
Miami Herald
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Dialogue, much of it lifted straight from Parker's novel, proves mostly engaging.

October 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment (1)
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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Harris displays a quiet, unshowy confidence and a genuine fondness for the genre, capturing the horses and guns and saloon glasses in a soft, almost-sundown light.

October 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times
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Harris co-wrote, directed and stars in the film, which is filled with humor, action and clever turns.

October 3, 2008 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub
San Francisco Chronicle
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A droll Western with an odd romantic triangle.

January 3, 2011 Full Review Source: sbs.com.au
Don Groves
sbs.com.au

Old-fashioned Western features great performances.

December 18, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment (1)
James Rocchi
Common Sense Media

old-fashioned but simple and effective entertainment

December 17, 2009 Full Review Source: Draxblog Movie Reviews
Dragan Antulov
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A dusty, old-fashioned Western with a dusty, old-fashioned vibe. You can all but smell the saddle soap as the story unfolds.

July 27, 2009 Full Review Source: Times-Picayune
Mike Scott
Times-Picayune

There's considerable pleasure in Appaloosa's respect for the undramatic. It doesn't go where you'd expect...

June 7, 2009 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

True, the film is a little long, and it loses momentum at one stage, but generally speaking this is a most enjoyable return to what was once the cinema's most popular genre.

March 13, 2009 Full Review Source: At the Movies (Australia)
David Stratton
At the Movies (Australia)

Viggo Mortensen is a trustworthy ally in the project, an actor whose extraordinary range enables him to move his performance along the scale from 0 to 100 at will.

March 11, 2009 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile
Andrew L. Urban
Urban Cinefile

Wearing not only his actor's lawman hat, but also that of director and co-screenwriter, Ed Harris delivers a splendid film, filled with nuances, complexities and substance

March 11, 2009 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | Comment (1)
Louise Keller
Urban Cinefile

Brush away the dust and you'll find a sense of nostalgia and romanticism about lost American values and altered social hierarchies.

March 6, 2009 Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Paul Byrnes
Sydney Morning Herald

Harris has made himself a reputation as a mark of quality...Like Pollack, Appaloosa has the best of both worlds, with Harris both in front of and behind the camera. [Blu-ray]

February 15, 2009 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

I give thanks for westerns. Every time they seem to be about to gasp their last, dusty breath, one comes along to give them a bit of renewed life. Bless it, the western genre will not die. Last year it was the excellent remake 3:10 to Yuma. This ye

February 1, 2009 Full Review Source: Fayetteville Free Weekly
Tony Macklin
Fayetteville Free Weekly

It is as though Harris could not decide whether he was making the classic western of his boyhood dreams, or merely a pastiche of it. The result, falling somewhere between the two, ends up being neither here nor there.

January 30, 2009 Full Review Source: Little White Lies
Anton Bitel
Little White Lies

Nothing new or groundbreaking here, just a lot of talented people coming together for a well-made and entertaining Western.

January 14, 2009 Full Review Source: Aisle Seat | Comment (1)
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat

...provides enough variety to keep the heart, mind, and adrenaline on alert.

January 9, 2009 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment (1)
John J. Puccio
Movie Metropolis

Uma produção correta e que prende a atenção especialmente graças à dinâmica entre Harris e Mortensen, mas que, no fim das contas, não exibe nada que a torne diferente do convencional.

December 5, 2008 Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | Comments (3)
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

A western bromance.

November 20, 2008 Full Review Source: Film Snobs
Stephen Himes
Film Snobs

A terrific bread-and-butter Western.

November 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Appaloosa is ideally suited for fans of the genre for whom quiet drama speaks as loud as big guns.

November 15, 2008 Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah)
Bruce Bennett
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

A better than average western in the Clint Eastwood tradition

November 11, 2008 Full Review Source: jackiekcooper.com
Jackie K. Cooper
jackiekcooper.com

Ed Harris' howler of a vanity piece.

November 9, 2008 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central
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Audience Reviews for Appaloosa

Nice try but ultimately flawed and unsatisfying.
August 29, 2009
brooklynspo
Bob Stinson

Super Reviewer

A friendly little Western film with two great leading men that doesn't seem to dare to scare its audience all that much. There is relatively little tension, a bit of banter and a somewhat anticlimatic ending. At least the road there is somewhat unpredictable and refuses to follow the well known paths of the genre all that closely. Entertaining and satisfying enough. Zellweger is a classic mis-cast, though.
September 22, 2008
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Jens S.

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