An adventure that never met a cliche it couldn't saddle, mount and ride for a butt-numbing two hours and sixteen minutes.
Hidalgo
Unbridled. Unbroken. Unbeaten.
2004 · 2h 16m · PG-13
Adventure, Western
Directed by
Joe Johnston
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Hidalgo
Overview
Set in 1890, this is the story of a Pony Express courier who travels to Arabia to compete with his horse, Hidalgo, in a dangerous race for a massive contest prize, in an adventure that sends the pair around the world...
Director and cast
- Joe Johnston Director
- Viggo Mortensen as Frank Hopkins
- Zuleikha Robinson as Jazira
- Omar Sharif as Sheikh Riyadh
- Louise Lombard as Lady Anne Davenport
- J.K. Simmons as Buffalo Bill Cody
- Adoni Maropis as Sakr
- Silas Carson as Katib
- C. Thomas Howell as Preston Webb
- Chris Owen as First Soldier
- Frank Collison as Texas Jack
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
An exciting, colorful and very appealing movie.
It's a manque of a rousing adventure tale and not the real thing. You're constantly aware of the gulf between how the movie wants to excite you and the halfhearted execution.
Popcorn for us and oats for the horses, delivered by the tall drink of water that is Mortensen.
A hybrid of both traditional and revisionist contradictions.
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