Open Range is underrated and under appreciated.

Everyone freakin loves this movie.

I enjoyed it but I wouldn't put it in the top tier of Duvall movies.

I think it suffers from the perception that Duvall was kind of overdoing the cowboy/trail boss role around that time. He was so great in Lonesome Dove. Then he made this one a few years later. Then he followed it up with Broken Trail with Thomas Haden Church.

I'm not saying the perception is a good one. The guy has such range. He's nailed roles from a mob lawyer to an aging fighter pilot to an evangelical preacher, to a down on his luck country singer, etc. etc. But I think the later cowboy roles could never live up to Gus McCray.

I think the movie may have also suffered from a bit of Costner fatigue.

The final shootout is great. The rest of the movie is too slooow. And Duvall was hamming it up a bit. I’d much rather rewatch Silverado - baby Costner was a badass, and every other role is filled by a legendary character actor.

a lot of unfulfilled potential

You the one who killed our friend?

I disagree because I've never seen anyone say anything bad about it on here ever. And anytime a recent western thread pops up, multiple people would put it in there.

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I think it suffers from the perception that Duvall was kind of overdoing the cowboy/trail boss role around that time. He was so great in Lonesome Dove. Then he made this one a few years later.

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You realize he made open range probably 15 to 20 years after lonesome dove right?

Eta: lonesome dove 1989. Open range 2003. 14 year difference yeah a few years later alright...jackass.

Didn't know this movie would be that divisive.

It's a Western.

It's Duvall.

That's like arguing that the cotton candy in your hand and the Merry-go-Round ride is not to your liking.

Agreed.