All the Pretty Horses

Its far from a bad film, but its also far from a great one, its simply good, the book was wonderful, and that I think is where the problems start, with the screenplay adaption, and that may actually be one of... Full review

The title of the film does not really blend well with the underlying journey that these two cowboy friends encounter. They are young Texans looking for a change in their lives and they make the decision to see the country by... Full review

This is an excellent, epic western saga about two Texans who wind up in Mexico and all the trials and tribulations they go through, most of which are fascinating. I've watched this film several times and it gets better and... Full review

THE *****TIEST STORY OF ALL TIME .. WTF WAS THE POINT OR THE STORYLINE??? HE DOESNT GET THE GAL OR ANYTHING IN THE END .. WHAS THE POINT??? Cuda been sleepin instead of watchin this crap!!!!!! POTENTIAL VIEWERS BEWARE: UR IN... Full review

Though the movie slightly clicks its plot drags on to long that it looses intrest. Fair but just could of been better.... Full review

30 year old Matt Damon plays 16 year old John Grady Cole. Right off the bat COME ON! I know hollywood uses older actors, like 18 or 19, to play 16 year olds, but 30? They miss 90% of the book.... Full review

PRETTY TO LOOK AT, NICE SCENERY, WELL PHOTOGRAPHED, BUT IT IS SLOW AS MOLASSES. IT IS ABOUT AS APPEALING AS GETTING YOUR TEETH CLEANED. THE ONLY CAST MEMBER WITH ANY OOMPH IS LUCAS BLACK. I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS EVER GOING... Full review

The book "All the Pretty Horses" is a shining piece of modern American literature and Cormac McCarthy is a stellarstory teller. The film, Billy Bob Thornton's work, is well done. It follows the pace of the book, very deliberate and careful.... Full review

This film was pretty good. Matt and Penelope looked good as a couple in the film. The overall story was good, the film lacked a few details that were in the book. But I loved it, the love story was great... Full review

What sets this lovely film apart is that it hasn't been dumbed down to a simple formula. I looked up a number of reviews for this picture and found many of them gave it mediocre ratings, complaining it wasn't a... Full review

The film is pretty on the eyes....the studio would reserve the right to mess with his movie.....the performances are all solid.... ... Full Review

Directed by Billy Bob Thornton, "All the Pretty Horses" is an elegiac, visually hypnotic film about love, honor, reverence for nature and the loss of tradition. It's a visual feast, though, and a chance to see Damon, an actor whose talents are frequently obscured by his looks and his celebrity, at his best. ... Full Review

Yet despite all this, All The Pretty Horses should still be a fairly good movie.....The resulting staccato, fractured film is a disorientating disappointment.....Although entertaining and atmospheric in places, some savage editing has turned this pretty horse from a thoroughbred into a bit of a mongrel gee-gee..... ... Full Review

Not a great movie, by any means, but well-made As such, he draws impressive performances from his cast and creates an authentic atmosphere, though the film suffers slightly in the adaptation process. ... Full Review

Damon is perfect as the main character. The story has action, drama, romance, tragedy and humor. Henry Thomas also does good work as a sidekick who doesn't want to take as many chances as Cole does. ... Full Review

AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Tuesday, October 13, 2009 When Bryan Woolley reviewed "No Country for Old Men" in 2005 at The Dallas Morning News, I, as the books editor, added an editor's note to his favorable assessment: "There's a factual error in... ... Full Article

A lthough she came to Hollywood with 20 films and a Spanish Academy Award under her belt, screen siren Pen?lope Cruz became best known in America as the off-screen girlfriend of costars Tom Cruise and Matthew McConaughey . ... Full Article

Pen?lope Cruz is possibly one of the most envied actresses in modern cinema. After a number of award-winning performances in her native Spain, she started commuting to Hollywood and starred alongside a generation's worth of hunky leading men, including Matt... ... Full Article

HENRY Wagons experienced an epiphany eight years ago that was the genesis for his band Wagons. He was listening to Johnny Cash's version of Neil Diamond's classic Solitary Man while reading Cormac McCarthy's gothic western novel All the Pretty Horses. ... Full Article

The Associated Press NEW YORK Pulitzer Prize winner Cormac McCarthy has received another literary honor. The author of "The Road," "All the Pretty Horses" and several other novels was named the winner Monday of the PEN/Saul Bellow Award for lifetime... ... Full Article

A Real TreasureAlthough this movie has been released since 2000 I have only discovered it recently and could only concur that I had my head in the ground to have missed this one. ... Full Article