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All the Pretty Horses
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All the Pretty Horses

2000
Western
1h 56m
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Rated 08 Jan 2007
63
41st
I am a big fan of the book but this movie seemed poorly paced, sloppily edited, and incomplete. I've heard that the studio forced Thorton to edit it down to its current state, so it might be that the real version of the film, the version that does the book justice, is out there somewhere. Penelope Cruz is, as usual, a black hole in an otherwise nicely cast movie.
Rated 01 Apr 2007
60
47th
Not much here, really
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
12th
Pretty and artistic...that's about it
Rated 17 Oct 2007
20
2nd
The novel is magnificent. The movie, not so much.
Rated 16 Nov 2007
40
39th
plodding.
Rated 08 Mar 2008
40
25th
This is okay. The sharp moral character & characters are pretty interesting, the sweeping vistas are stunning yet the loose construction does little to propel the story. The romance is fair, i suppose it's really Matt's not really breathing any life into his character that makes it seem flat. An art western.
Rated 26 Jan 2009
45
41st
The whole thing seemed sort of paint by numbers, illustrating all of the descriptions from the book, but carrying none of the subtext or depth. Not a bad movie, but a lot of high expectations based on the source material.
Rated 10 Mar 2009
80
65th
Good ending. Marriage to a woman made impossible by an oathe.
Rated 12 Mar 2009
10
52nd
Convoluted and slow, but good ending.
Rated 28 Aug 2009
5
17th
Matt Damon seems terribly miscast in this movie. It moves from plot point to plot point without letting any of the scenes breathe. Crucial bits from the book like the aunt's motivation to protect her daughter are missing and the sheer brutality of the prison are downplayed in this adaptation. Really beautiful scenery and decent direction though.
Rated 15 Jan 2010
20
2nd
Surprisingly tedious drama that launched my personal Penelope Cruz hate parade (ended with Volver). Weird little bits of potential shine through here and there, but I found myself wishing I could watch "Horses Are Pretty" by IFC's 6-year-old "Christie" instead.
Rated 13 Oct 2010
55
50th
Miramax fucked this movie up by trying to turn it into Titanic. There's a great movie buried somewhere in here but you have to squint to see it through the translucent coating of forced formula and choppy editing.
Rated 07 Jan 2012
67
30th
Frustrating film starts off well, but squanders its many great, powerful moments (and wonderful wide-screen cinematography) on a narrative that fires off in all directions, and can't decide if it is a drama, romance, thriller, prison-movie, Butch Cassidy clone etc. Presumenably this narrative worked better on McCarthy's page, but the film still has something going for it; Thomas and Black are both excellent, and Damon is extraordinary.
Rated 02 Jun 2012
50
15th
50.000
Rated 11 Nov 2013
74
57th
I think this is a fantastic example of a film completely neutered by studio intervention. It's a good thing McCarthy's story is as brilliant as it is, because even through the wonky cinematography, editing, and pacing, it still shines through.
Rated 13 Mar 2014
51
11th
50.500
Rated 25 Mar 2014
28
18th
A disappointing adaption of a great book. It loses the book's essence, an essential part of "All the Pretty Horses."
Rated 16 Sep 2015
2
17th
Some parts I really liked, other parts not so much. One of those film where I expected something completely different and the surprise of something else just didn't do it for me this time... *Okay
Rated 11 Mar 2018
70
36th
All the Pretty Horses shows the ups and downs of one man's life and how he deals with the situations as they come. In true western fashion, there a good guys and bad guys. The honesty of each man shows which alignment he drifts towards and each man has some of the other side inside him. The relationship between Damon's character and Henry Thomas' character is strong and their acting is just as strong. Lucas Black does a fine job in this movie (because he accent doesn't get in the way).
Rated 14 Feb 2020
29
25th
I have watched worse movies than this but I wouldn't recommend this to anyone at all. It's a western for people who love drama but the drama itself is a bore. Matt Damon is his usual self but no one else really shows up. Not that it matters because no two pairing of characters have any chemistry anyway.

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