Review of Appaloosa (2008) by Kevin R — 25 Jun 2009

Viggo Mortensen's Hitch is the only thing carrying this movie. Everyone else was one dimensional.

This review of Appaloosa (2008) was written by Kevin R on 25 Jun 2009.

Appaloosa has generally received positive reviews.

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By Wesley Morris (1,967) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 12 Feb 2017

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…

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By Michael M (3,845) on 18 Jan 2014

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By Ben L (1,326) on 08 Jun 2017

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By Mike S (2,123) on 09 Oct 2013

This Western is somehow less than the sum of its parts. It looks truly authentic to the period. The acting is good…

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By Scott R (2,451) on 03 Sep 2017

Harris and Irons are good. The rest of it lacked the engaging aspect of a good western…

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First and last, Appaloosa is the slow-but-sure story of the friendship between Virgil and Everett, one a man of action surprised by emotion,…

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By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 07 Feb 2018

This isn't a visionary western like The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005), but in its own quiet way it delivers the goods…

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By David Denby (676) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 23 Nov 2017

In all, Appaloosa is good as far as it goes--everything in it feels true--but I wish that Harris had pushed his ideas further…

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By Sean K (381) on 03 Nov 2017

Very average western that's been done a thousand times before. Renee Zellweger is horribly miscast…

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