I love this
movie! It is my favorite western of all
time. In my view it ranks as Kevin Costner’s
best effort, even with no baseball in hand.
Robert Duvall has had a long and distinguished movie career, but this
also may his greatest role. Anita
Benning is magnificent. The backdrop
(filmed in the eastern Rocky Mountain piedmont of Alberta) is my idea of the anti-room
to Heaven. Hell, even the cows are cute. I watched it last night (for the third time),
and I just may watch it again tonight!
Yeah, this movie
is damned good. See it soon, and often. I give it a resounding A
The plot isn’t
much, except for the love affair between Costner and Benning. Town overrun & dominated by a real bad
guy. Kevin and Robert wipe them out, in
a bloody sequence that in my opinion went on too long. And a happy ending! Lord, what more do you want?
Open Range was directed and produced by
Costner. It was released in 2003. The critics liked it, sort of, but it got
zilch from Oscar. Screw them!
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