All the Pretty Horses (2000)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Billy Bob Thornton

Writers (WGA):

Cormac McCarthy (novel)
Ted Tally (screenplay)

Release Date:

25 December 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Western

Tagline:

Some passions can never be tamed.

Plot:

Two Texas cowboys head to Mexico in search of work, but soon find themselves in trouble with the law after one of them falls in love with a wealthy rancher's daughter

Plot Keywords:

Mexico | Cowboy | Coming Of Age | Animal In Title | Poor Man Rich Woman

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 12 nominations

Cast

Matt Damon	...	John Grady Cole
Henry Thomas	...	Lacey Rawlins
Penélope Cruz	...	Alejandra
J.D. Young	...	Grandfather
Laura Poe	...	Mother
Sam Shepard	...	J.C. Franklin
Robert Patrick	...	Cole
Lucas Black	...	Jimmy Blevins
Yvette Diaz	...	Girl
Imelda Colindres	...	Girl's Mom
Augustin Solis	...	Manuel (as Agustin Solis)
Rubén Blades	...	Hector de la Rocha
Elizabeth Ibarra	...	Maria
Miriam Colon	...	Doña Alfonsa (as Miriam Colón)
Lonnie Rodriguez	...	Esteban

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence and some sexuality.

Runtime:

116 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Brazil:14 | Malaysia:U | Finland:K-15 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | France:U | Germany:12 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Singapore:PG | Spain:7 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #36454) | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Abiquiu, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

The Columbia Pictures logo at the start of the film is not the modern one, but the one in use in 1949, which is when the film is set.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the three cowboys cross the Rio Grande, their left-to-right order on the screen is Cole, Blevins, Rawlins. Then when the camera returns to them a moment later, it is Blevins, Cole, Rawlins.

Quotes:

Doña Alfonsa: In the end, Mr. Cole...
Doña Alfonsa: ...we all get cured of our sentiments.
Doña Alfonsa: Those whom life doesn't cure...
Doña Alfonsa: ...death will.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

Newcomers trying for old-style Hollywood feel, and failing

From Cormac McCarthy's novel about young man in 1949 Texas leaving the family ranch for a life in Mexico, and winding up in hot water. Despite mystical undermining (which, presumably, is what director/co-producer Billy Bob Thornton brought to the table), film has a distracting 'formula' feel: two-parts western, one-part forbidden romance, and one-part prison picture. None of it gels, simply because the screenwriter (Ted Tally, of all people) and Thornton are trying for the kind of heavy, romantic movie-western style popular 40 years ago, and yet they do not possess the subtle qualities to make this genre successful for them. Matt Damon frequently flashes his shy/self-conscious movie-star smile, but he's so clean and bland and laid-back, he's practically non-existent on the screen. Penelope Cruz, as his forbidden flame, is better, but the other performers are less charismatic, and the story has no center--it just rambles around. *1/2 from ****