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Open Range

No place to run. No reason to hide.

2003 · 2h 19m · R Action, Drama, Romance, Western
Directed by Kevin Costner

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Overview

A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.

Director and cast

Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

Top critics, in their words

All reviews
79%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Just about everything in this movie has its antecedent: a little bit of Shane here, a chunk of High Noon there, and so on. And yet it's all rather pleasing, in a regressive sort of way.

Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh

A flawed but highly entertaining B Western blown up to John Ford scale.

Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
Fresh

The casting of this film may be its greatest asset: Duvall and Costner have the easy familiarity of longtime partners.

Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
Rotten

Charley's crusty assessment of events -- 'Nothing that's been happening in this town is much of a surprise' -- is all too knowingly accurate.

Mark Holcomb, Village Voice
Fresh

A movie that seeks no higher calling than to entertain us the way Hollywood used to.

Peter Howell, Toronto Star

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