Appaloosa Critic Reviews

Appaloosa is gripping entertainment that keeps springing surprises.Read the full review

A fine dramatic comedy with fresh characters, witty dialogue and a keen interest in how relationships must have developed among frontier folks, tyrannical ranchers, no-nonsense lawmen and -- oh, yes -- the complicated women on that frontier.Read the full review

What makes the movie absorbing is the way it harmonizes all the character strands and traits and weaves them into something more engaging than a mere 1-2-3 plot. I felt like I did in "Lonesome Dove" -- that there was a chair for me on the porch.Read the full review

A warmly made, slightly offbeat movie about friendly devotion. It also happens to be a western, and every man in it is grizzled or wizened or both.Read the full review

Most of the time, the movie is appropriately gritty and plenty engaging.Read the full review

Westerns often take themselves seriously and, while Appaloosa is no "Blazing Saddles," there's a refreshing vein of understated humor running throughout the production.Read the full review

Harris and Mortensen may not have the combined star power to push Appaloosa to the level of popularity of last year's "3:10," but the film is every bit as enjoyable, and, for traditionalists, more measured.Read the full review

As with many other mediocre actor-directors, Harris' attention to the performances, including his own fine turn, has cost him in other areas.Read the full review

A throwback to the age when Westerns were quaint.Read the full review