Rotten
An adventure that never met a cliche it couldn't saddle, mount and ride for a butt-numbing two hours and sixteen minutes.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Hidalgo
Unbridled. Unbroken. Unbeaten.
2004 · 2h 16m · PG-13
Adventure, Western
Directed by
Joe Johnston
Overview
Set in 1890, this is the story of a Pony Express courier who travels to Arabia to compete with his horse, Hidalgo, in a dangerous race for a massive contest prize, in an adventure that sends the pair around the world...
Director and cast
- Joe Johnston Director
- Viggo Mortensen as Frank Hopkins
- Zuleikha Robinson as Jazira
- Omar Sharif as Sheikh Riyadh
- Adam Alexi-Malle as Aziz
- Chris Owen as First Soldier
- Louise Lombard as Lady Anne Davenport
- Silas Carson as Katib
- Harsh Nayyar as Yusef
- C. Thomas Howell as Preston Webb
- Frank Collison as Texas Jack
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
46%
Tomatometer
Fresh
An exciting, colorful and very appealing movie.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Rotten
It's a manque of a rousing adventure tale and not the real thing. You're constantly aware of the gulf between how the movie wants to excite you and the halfhearted execution.
Charles Taylor, Salon.com
Fresh
Popcorn for us and oats for the horses, delivered by the tall drink of water that is Mortensen.
Michael Booth, Denver Post
Rotten
A hybrid of both traditional and revisionist contradictions.
Benjamin Strong, Village Voice
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