Appaloosa Critic Reviews

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

Harris is a major asset in a film that is entertaining but somewhat unfocused and occasionally badly cast.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

Mannered, episodic and slow.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

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

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

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

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