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Hidalgo (2004)

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Reviews Counted:155

Fresh:72

Rotten:83

Average Rating:5.6/10

Consensus: The scenery looks great, but this overstuffed horse story contains too much cheese.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for adventure violence and some mild innuendo

Runtime: 2 hrs 16 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Mar 5, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $67,249,474

Synopsis: A breathtakingly photographed, epic western like none produced for decades, HIDALGO recounts the life of legend Frank T. Hopkins (Viggo Mortensen). Set in the 1800s, this family film chronicles the... A breathtakingly photographed, epic western like none produced for decades, HIDALGO recounts the life of legend Frank T. Hopkins (Viggo Mortensen). Set in the 1800s, this family film chronicles the triumphant victory won by Frank and his mustang Hidalgo in the Ocean of Fire, an often-fatal competition in which the best riders and thoroughbreds race across Middle Eastern deserts. For Frank, who is known in the west for his prowess as a Pony Express rider and the winner of long-distance horse races, the lure of the Ocean of Fire is not only the $100,000 purse but also the clear challenge--both of which prove irresistible, and inspire him to travel across the world for this life-altering experience. With sweeping landscapes that evoke John Ford westerns like STAGECOACH and THE SEARCHERS, HIDALGO features enough racing, rivalry, and romance to befit any action film. But the race also provides a vehicle for the story of Frank forgiving himself for his participation in the Wounded Knee slaughter and accepting his part-Indian ancestry. The film's message, highlighted in a particularly moving scene where Frank invokes the spirits of his Native American ancestors, is that the key to happiness is accepting yourself as you are. [More]

Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, Zuleikha Robinson

Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, Zuleikha Robinson

Director: Joe Johnston

Director: Joe Johnston
Screenwriter: John Fusco
Producer: Casey Silver
Composer: James Newton Howard
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures

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Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Mark Halverson
Mark Halverson
Sacramento News & Review

The event around which the movie revolves is a desert mirage, since there is no record of any such race ever being staged. Nonetheless, those able to ignore this outrageous historical distortion might enjoy this triumph of an underdog aganst the odds.

Full Review Source: Princeton Town Topics | comment Comment
04/25/07
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
Princeton Town Topics

Even if the story were true, the film's events have been fictionalized beyond belief.

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
09/25/06
Russ Breimeier
Russ Breimeier
Christianity Today

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Derek Adams
Derek Adams
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04/02/05
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

[It's] so careful about being inoffensive that it never has the guts to suggest much of anything except 'Be Nice to Others and Especially to Horses.'

Full Review Source: Looking Closer | comment Comment
12/31/04
Jeffrey Overstreet
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11/19/04
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Cynthia Fuchs
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10/07/04
Tony Medley
Tony Medley
tonymedley.com

Will Hidalgo survive the brutal desert to demand more creative control over his next film?

Full Review Source: Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) | comment Comment
09/16/04
Mark Collette
Mark Collette
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

Fitfully entertaining hokum as long as it isn't taken too seriously… Remarkably, Disney doesn't whitewash the more politically incorrect elements of Hopkins' tale.

Full Review Source: Decent Films Guide | comment Comment
09/01/04
Steven D. Greydanus
Steven D. Greydanus
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08/07/04
Peter Rainer
Peter Rainer
New York Magazine
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This is grand cowboy fun, a wild adventure with a glorious sense of excitement and wonder.

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08/04/04
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
eFilmCritic.com

...why weren't the Disney folks content simply to tell a good story? Could it have been because they knew they didn't have a very good story?

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
07/29/04
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

The film's most harrowing scenes are predictable and utterly unoriginal.

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06/13/04
Wesley Lovell
Wesley Lovell
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The picture plays out with the robust character of the old Flash Gordon movies.

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06/03/04
Forrest Hartman
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal

The stereotypes and blatant propaganda wouldn't irritate so much if the action itself wasn't so relentlessly dreary -- a desert of imagination, parched of original ideas.

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04/20/04
Nev Pierce
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