Open Range
The movie follows a former gunslinger who is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew encounter a corrupt sheriff and kingpin rancher who govern the territory through fear, tyranny and violence.
23 April 1953, New York City, New York, USA
26 June 1964, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
16 November 1966, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
29 May 1958, Topeka, Kansas, USA
26 August 1952, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, USA
18 January 1955, Lynwood, California, USA
29 December 1979, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
December 26, 2010
Some killing, but most violence is PG-13.December 17, 2009
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.August 21, 2003
A flawed but highly entertaining B Western blown up to John Ford scale.October 18, 2008
Thoroughly enjoyable and involving, Kevin Costner's Open Range is a beautifully made western about flawed heroes who believe in redemption, loyalty and respect.August 19, 2003
Charley's crusty assessment of events -- 'Nothing that's been happening in this town is much of a surprise' -- is all too knowingly accurate.August 07, 2004
Just about everything in this movie has its antecedent: a little bit of Shane here, a chunk of High Noon there, and so on. And yet it's all rather pleasing, in a regressive sort of way.August 18, 2003
A movie that seeks no higher calling than to entertain us the way Hollywood used to.August 21, 2003
The casting of this film may be its greatest asset: Duvall and Costner have the easy familiarity of longtime partners.September 17, 2010
The thunderous climax -one of the muddiest, bloodiest and most chaotic gunfights of the 2000s -makes it clear that Kevin Costner's plaintive, patient, slightly overlong Western was only sitting for a spell to race toward the finish.June 09, 2008
Something like...It's a Wonderful Life, only rich in slaughter.January 26, 2006
Handsomely mounted, as you would expect, Open Range has a good deal to commend it.April 29, 2009
An unbelievable old-fashioned western...