Appaloosa Critic Reviews
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Based upon 14 Critic Reviews- Highest Rated
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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
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 throwback to the age when Westerns were quaint.Read the full review
The two men collaborate so well, in fact, that the real love match of Appaloosa is between the two of them and no one else.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
Appaloosa is gripping entertainment that keeps springing surprises.Read the full review
Most of the time, the movie is appropriately gritty and plenty engaging.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
The movie's tolerant, good-humored view of its characters drains it of some dramatic intensity, but Mr. Harris seems more interested in piquant, offhand moments than in big, straining confrontations.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
