Review: Open Range
A western focusing more on the drama, and therefore shot intimately by Kevin Costner, somehow doesn’t come off that intimate at all. The personal quests do not bear any particular weight for the viewer, and hence may exuberate a tinny feeling on the movie as a whole (as opposed to the epic feeling some bigger movies have). Of course, not all is bad. No one can deny Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner or Annette Bening are good actors, and that does the character development well, albeit most dialogues are somewhat slow. The final shoot-out not that of a standard shoot-miss-shoot-hit type either. Somehow weaving in the drama in a special way, Costner sets himself apart as one of the few ego-tripping actor/director (only matched by Clint Eastwood and Kevin Smith), but then in a good way.7+.