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Appaloosa is gripping entertainment that keeps springing surprises.
Read the full reviewA 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 reviewMost of the time, the movie is appropriately gritty and plenty engaging.
Read the full reviewA 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 reviewWesterns 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 reviewWhat 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 reviewHarris 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 reviewA throwback to the age when Westerns were quaint.
Read the full reviewAs 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 reviewHarris is a major asset in a film that is entertaining but somewhat unfocused and occasionally badly cast.
Read the full reviewThe 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 reviewThe 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 reviewHarris' first directorial outing since his impressive and entirely different "Pollock" biopic bears echoes of many genre predecessors, especially Howard Hawks' "Rio Bravo" -- but echoes they remain.
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The Metascore® designation for this movie is 64
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