All the Pretty Horses
by Billy Bob Thornton
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Actor: Henry Thomas, J.D. Young, Laura Poe, Matt Damon, Pen?lope CruzDirector: Billy Bob Thornton
Brand: Sony
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 117 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-05-08
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of All the Pretty Horses
Movie Review: The Wild West moves to Mexico
Summary: 2 Stars
I wanted to love this movie, but somehow the chemistry of the main characters didn't mesh.Cormac McCarthy is a fine writer and this is one of his better books, but unfortunately it did not translate to film with the same intensity.
All the Pretty Horses is a character study about a waning lifestyle. Similar to the Wizard of OZ, this story is about seeking what you want in a different location and then discovering that what you were after was right at home all along. The problem isn't with the story, the problem is trying to squeeze too much into a two hour format. Everything seems disjointed, even the relationships between the main characters. If you're a McCarthy fan, you might want to skip this one. No Country for Old Men is a far superior interpretation of his work.
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Summary of All the Pretty Horses
This moving rugged adventure combines drama excitement and romance in an epic story of a young mans journey through love longing betrayal loss and survival. Special features: subtitles in english and french: talent files: animated menus: production notes: scene selections: and much more. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 12/21/2004 Starring: Matt Damon Henry Thomas Run time: 117 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Billy Bob ThorntonAdapted from Cormac McCarthy's award-winning novel, All the Pretty Horses cries for epic length but runs only 112 minutes for theatrical release. Drastically shortened during a lengthy stretch between production and release, this operatic drama feels as if huge chunks are missing, and what remains are fragments of a masterpiece that might have been. Unless a more definitive version is revealed, we must settle for this faint echo of McCarthy's ambitious narrative, in which dispossessed Texas rancher John Grady Cole (Matt Damon) ventures to Mexico in 1949 to revive his fading dreams of cowboy glory. With best friend Lacey Rawlins (Henry Thomas), Cole's odyssey takes him from youthful idealism to rugged, often horrific, and ultimately ennobling tests of integrity.
Much of Cole's ordeal is sparked by his forbidden love for Alejandra (Penelope Cruz), the beautiful daughter of his Mexican employer, whose family honor is threatened by their mutual attraction. A gunslinging teenager (Lucas Black) casts a black cloud over them all, and All the Pretty Horses becomes a test of Cole's ability to navigate a labyrinth of distorted truth, imprisonment, and hard-fought redemption. All of which begs for emotional depth and carefully developed characters, but this truncated film lacks both. Scenes jump from one to the next with obvious gaps between them, lending no opportunity for emotional investment. It's clear that director Billy Bob Thornton is attempting to redefine the Western, and the effort is laudable on many points, notably in its perfect match of visuals and a flavorful musical score. There's much to admire in this film, making its shortcomings all the more lamentable. --Jeff Shannon
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