65
Metascore
19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- With solid, stately acting, and landscapes that could convert atheists, The Horse Whisperer tugs heartstrings without seeming self-conscious.
- 88ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliA film as rich in its visual presentation as it is in its emotional resonance.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumAll the nuggets of spoken wisdom rattle around with a tad too much space and (at 2 1/2 hours plus) too much length.
- 60Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranRobert Redford, who for the first time stars in a movie he's also directed, has taken this soap opera material and treated it like something inscribed on yak vellum by the Dalai Lama.
- 60Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThere are times when this leisurely movie seems so much in love with its own virtue and nobility that there's not much room left for the spectator.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleRuthe SteinSan Francisco ChronicleRuthe SteinIt says something about this movie that Redford is at his most compelling playing opposite a nag.
- 50San Francisco ExaminerWalter AddiegoSan Francisco ExaminerWalter AddiegoThe film finally seems to stagger under the weight of its own significance.
- 50Dallas ObserverAndy KleinDallas ObserverAndy KleinIt's nothing more than a very long movie about someone, literally and metaphorically, having to get back up on a horse.
- 40SalonStephanie ZacharekSalonStephanie ZacharekThe Horse Whisperer is just the latest example of tab-A-into-slot-B moviemaking to come out of Hollywood, a weeper that's built according to a solid set of rules.