Open Range (R),
available for rent: Jan 20, 2004 - original release:Aug 15, 2003 Synopsis:
Starring:
Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, Abraham Benrubi, Robert Duvall, Michael Gambon Director: Kevin Costner,
Producer: Kevin Costner, David Valdes, Craig Storper Writer:
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Janee&Jeff
Sep 27, 03
In your face Gun Fights, not exactly the chick-Flick I was going for, but the western Love story made up for it
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jhamill
Mar 29, 04
My husband and I watched the video last night in our home and commented throughout that we really liked it. The dialogue is wonderful as is the plot. I'm not a fan of westerns, but this was not the normal type I'm use to seeing. I would give it a 10, but I don't think it rates with the other 10's on my list (e.g, Gone With The Wind). J. Hamill
"...Costner's best directorial work since 'Dances
moviejunkie
Mar 16, 06
"...Costner's best directorial work since 'Dances With Wolves'."
If you're a Western genre fan, lasso a couple of t
moviejunkie
Mar 16, 06
If you're a Western genre fan, lasso a couple of tickets for this nostalgic oater. Charlie Waite (Kevin Costner) and Boss Spearman (Robert Duvall) have been saddle partners for a decade, herding cattle on the open prairie. But it's 1882, and ornery ranchers object to old-fashioned "freegrazers" like them and their two loyal cowhands, Button (Diego Luna of "Y Tu Mama Tambien) and Mose (Abraham Benrubi of "E.R."). A bad guy (Michael Gambon) who controls the town of Harmonville is determined not only to drive them off the land but to have his thugs kill them. "Freegrazers," he says, "are worse than the Indians." A confrontation is inevitable.
Oscar-winning director Kevin Costner ("Dances With Wolves") made "Silverado," his first Western, back in 1985. While it also explored the ethic of scruffy, hard-bitten loners banding together to battle corruption and evil (the antagonist was also named Baxter), it did not have the depth and character development of Craig Storper's screenplay, based on "The Open Range Men" by Lauran Paine. This time, both Spearman and Waite would rather bury their respective pasts than reveal them. It's all about justice coming to terms with the brutality and violence of frontier life. And the fact that the pivotal woman (Annette Bening) is mature, not a bare-midriff twentysomething bopping a guy old enough to be her father, is a refreshing change and admirably realistic for the love interest in this revisionist Western. On the other hand, Costner's pace is plodding, making one grow weary as the story slowly unfolds, despite James Munro's stunning cinematography. On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "Open Range" is a simplistic, understated 8, evoking memories of "Shane," "High Noon" and "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral."
In your face Gun Fights, not exactly the chick-Flick I was going for, but the western Love story made up for it 
