Open Range

John Chard

2017-07-01

⭐ 10

I ain't going to meet my maker without knowing your real name. It's purely my own opinion of course, but Open Range is a modern day genre classic that stands up to repeat viewings. It's not a flawless Western the Western historians will tell you, and some will pick out the hats or the impact of a rifle to mark the film down, but really we should be embracing a genre piece in the modern age that is clearly being directed with love and respect by the director. It's story is of course a simply structured tale of the underdog rising up against the fat cats who want it all in the name of tyra…

John Chard

2017-07-02

⭐ 10

I ain't going to meet my maker without knowing your real name. It's purely my own opinion of course, but Open Range is a modern day genre classic that stands up to repeat viewings. It's not a flawless Western the Western historians will tell you, and some will pick out the hats or the impact of a rifle to mark the film down, but really we should be embracing a genre piece in the modern age that is clearly being directed with love and respect by the director. It's story is of course a simply structured tale of the underdog rising up against the fat cats who want it all in the name of tyra…

Wuchak

2021-03-14

⭐ 8

**_Now THIS is a Western_** Four cowboys & their cattle are traveling through the Hammondville, Montana, region in 1882 when they discover that the leaders of the town don’t like free grazers. It escalates into a life or death situation. Robert Duvall and Kevin Costner play the two main cowboys while Annette Bening appears as a doctor and Michael Gambon a land baron. “Open Range” (2003) automatically brings to mind “Dances With Wolves” (1990) because they’re the only two Westerns Costner has both starred in and directed. While not quite as good, this one is still a great modern Western a…

CinemaSerf

2026-05-01

⭐ 7

It turns out that local cattleman "Baxter" (Michael Gambon) is not a fan of free-grazers who take their herds across the country snacking on the grass along the way. This proves troublesome for "Boss" (Robert Duvall) and his pals "Charley" (Kevin Costner), "Mose" (Abraham Benrubi) and the corn-green "Button" (Diego Luna). This enmity becomes clear to the travellers when "Mose" sets off into town to buy some victuals and doesn't come back. Suspicious, the two leave their youngster to guard the cows and set off in search of their friend. Arriving in town, they find "Mose" battered and bruised an…