This is one of those few(for me)films that I can watch several times each year. I still feel it is Kevin Costners best work,either in front of,or behind the camera. I feel that it is Annette Benings best supporting role in her career,and only her turn in "American Beauty" was as good,leading,supporting,or otherwise. Robert Duvall is fantastic,completely nominatable-but is'nt he always?. He is,to me,a treasure. Seemingly always considered strictly a supporting player,he is a better actor than a slew of "best actor" winners that come to mind. Oops,that sounded biased. The writing is beautiful,adopting a "less is more"character that is absolutely necessary for people from this time and circumstance. Honesty,loyalty,bravery,guts and most important of all,love,are all woven into this beautiful movie. I have been a movie fan my entire life,was given this gift by my father,who owned a business in L.A.,not far from Culver city. I have watched a lot of films. I was thinking about how many films I really DO watch multiple times per year. The number is roughly 10. This is one of them. It is a beautiful piece of work(did I mention the cinematography?beautiful!)in every way and it does the one thing that any film that I am going to call "good" must do...it moves me.I love it. B.E. Hews 3-16-08
Review of Open Range
