Synopsis
The year is 1949. A young Texan named John Grady finds himself without a home after his mother sells the ranch where he has spent his entire life. Lured south of the border by the romance of cowboy life and the promise of a fresh start, Cole and his pal embark on an adventure that will test their resilience, define their maturity, and change their lives forever.
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Cast
- Matt DamonJohn Grady
- Henry ThomasRawlins
- Lucas BlackBlevins
- Penélope CruzAlejandra
- Rubén BladesRocha
- Robert PatrickCole
- Julio Oscar MechosoCaptain
- Angelina TorresLuisa
- J.D. YoungGrandfather
- Laura PoeMother
Recommendations
- 88
Chicago Sun-Times
You can see how this movie could have been jacked up into a one-level action picture, but what makes it special is how Thornton modulates the material. - 80
Time
A perfectly coherent, handsomely rendered couple of hours, animated in particular by Damon's good performance -- shrewd, innocent, angry, wistful and, above all, likable. - 75
New York Daily News
Thornton, directing his first film since the minimalist "Sling Blade" (1996), has a much better grip on the material when he's focused on the scruffy desert landscape and the adventures of the two Texans. - 70
Washington Post
Thornton, writer-director of the superb "Slingblade," has a gift for depicting down-and-dirty scenes among men. And when our three principal characters go riding from Texas to Mexico, this is the best part of the movie. - 60
TV Guide Magazine
The movie's greatest liability is the familiarity of the material, much parodied since the glory days of John Ford. Unfortunately, Thornton's love for its iconography doesn't quite bring it to life. - 50
Variety
A half-broken adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's great modern Western novel. Neither dull nor exciting. - 50
USA Today
As this year's literary adaptations go, Horses comes a lot closer to being a truly bad movie than "The Perfect Storm" did, yet it would be hard to argue that the two are not the year's most disappointing in terms of trampled hopes. - 40
Dallas Observer
It all feels disorienting and truncated, as if the script, by Ted Tally, who also adapted "Silence of the Lambs," was a harried summary of the book.
