Range is handed a stunning period scope by Costner's directorial eye, while forming an unexpectedly tender core to help endear these character past their grizzled exterior.
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Open Range (2003)
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Reviews Counted:168
Fresh:132
Rotten:36
Average Rating:6.8/10
Consensus: A simple tale, well told, Open Range is one of Kevin Costner's better efforts.
Theatrical Release:Aug 15, 2003 Wide
Box Office: $58,260,046
Synopsis: Academy-Award® winning director Kevin Costner ("Dances with Wolves") helms this traditional Western tale of a way of life that is quickly disappearing. Boss Spearman (ROBERT DUVALL), Charley... [More]
Starring: Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, Michael Gambon
Director: Kevin Costner
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04/29/09
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10/18/08
Something like...It's a Wonderful Life, only rich in slaughter.
06/09/08
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12/27/07
Costner finds in the Western something grand, familiar and new within a genre that clearly has some life in it yet.
09/11/07
While equally paying homage to directors Peckinpah, Eastwood, and Kurosawa, what makes Open Range special is that it's a love story, too. And one peopled by endearing characters we're inclined to care about when the bloodletting has finally ended.
09/10/07
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12/06/05
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03/07/05
Open Range est tout simplement un bon vieux western qui fait plaisir à voir.
02/25/05
... even though Costner's sense of a satisfying ending is a bit too ordinary and unimaginative, I found Open Range refreshing.
01/15/05
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10/07/04
... needs a better story, better characters, better source material; and fewer aphorisms, fewer long glances and sweeping scores, fewer chunks of cheese.
09/20/04
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08/07/04
Top CriticIt's a considerable improvement over his last directing effort, the post-apocalyptic disaster The Postman.
06/23/04
This one is for the Western fans who have been clamoring for classic tales of guns, revenge and a little hokey romance without an ensemble cast or gimmick to keep it afloat.
05/21/04
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04/09/04
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