SummaryA sweeping odyssey about a young man's (Matt Damon) encounters with responsibility, love, revenge and survival. [Miramax Films]
Directed By:Billy Bob Thornton
Written By:Cormac McCarthy, Ted Tally
All the Pretty Horses
Metascore
Mixed or Average
55
User score
Generally Favorable
6.3
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
55
45% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
45% Mixed
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
10% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
88
Thornton and his excellent company summon up for us the long rides, dangerous companions, rites of passage, the mad love and, most of all, the special relationship between the man/boys that rode over the border and the horses that carried them there.
70
The movie, for all its prettiness, manages to be shallow and portentous at the same time.
67
The film's elegiac tone and honest heart come through.
60
All the Pretty Horses may end up being a good movie to watch on DVD, when all the footage is restored and we can see the subtle shadings Thornton jettisoned.
50
Remains as flat as the Texas plains.
50
A half-broken adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's great modern Western novel. Neither dull nor exciting.
20
At under two hours, the movie crawls by; at four, people would become fossilized to their seats.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.3
47% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
40% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
13% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
Mar 19, 2015
8
Just a tad long, but overall a great story, and the scenery is way over the top. Well acted by Matt Damon and Henry Thomas, but felt like Lucas Black stole the movie. Felt like a throwback to the old westerns even though the set took place in the 40's, and a well written script to go with it. Billy Bob Thornton does a great job of directing and piecing it all together. Well worth watching and taking the time as the scenery itself is well worth the journey!!
