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40 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonThere's a lot in this movie, simple, big, small and exciting. It's the year's first serious contender for big prizes. What's not to like about this picture?
- 80Washington PostStephen HunterWashington PostStephen HunterIt's a fine, old-fashioned 2 1/4 hours at the Bijou.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThere's nothing corny, however, about the climactic shoot-out, which Costner has staged superbly as an extended logistical mini-war that surges and rifle-cracks with bloody abandon through what feels like every building in town. Call it dances with guns.
- 63USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkCompared with other films Costner has directed, Range isn't a folly like "The Postman," nor is it quite as over-elaborated as "Dances With Wolves."
- 60Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumStorper is pretty good at playing with and against certain western cliches in his treatment of the good guys (including Annette Bening's character), but resorts to pure cliche when it comes to the villians (e.g., Gambon and James Russo).
- 50PremiereAddison MacDonaldPremiereAddison MacDonaldA moderate success, if a bit clunky. Somewhere beneath the syrupy melodrama and the scenes that should have expired long ago, there is an intelligent, thoughtful western in waiting.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittIn all, the film is a striking, if flawed, achievement by a talented actor who may become an important director if he sticks to the genre that suits him best.
- 50Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversOpen Range copies the rain and flood of the Clint Eastwood classic but can't match it for dark-night-of-the-soul brilliance.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleOpen Range veers wildly. It's a movie of beauty and sensitivity, and tedium and absurdity.
- 40The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensMr. Costner's relentless, root-canal humorlessness turns what might have been an enjoyable B-picture throwback into a ponderous drag.