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Hidalgo
Touchstone Pictures
FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for adventure violence and some mild innuendo
Starring
Viggo Mortensen,
Zuleikha Robinson,
Omar Sharif,
Louise Lombard,
Adam Alexi-Malle,
Saïd Taghmaoui,
Silas Carson,
and
Harsh Nayyar
Based on the story of long distance rider Frank T. Hopkins, Hidalgo is an epic action-adventure and one man's journey of personal redemption. (Touchstone Pictures)
| GENRE(S): |
Action
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Adventure
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Drama
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Western
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| WRITTEN BY: |
John Fusco
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Joe Johnston
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: August 3, 2004
Video: August 3, 2004
Theatrical: March 5, 2004
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| RUNNING TIME: |
136 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
It's mostly quite enjoyable. Director Joe Johnson's many action sequences are lively and engaging, the location photography (mostly Morocco) is breathtaking, and both the horse and Sharif (in his biggest Hollywood role in years) are adorable.

75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
But if you do not have some secret place in your soul that still responds even a little to brave cowboys, beautiful princesses and noble horses, then you are way too grown up and need to cut back on cable news.

75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Jennie Punter
The beautifully photographed film is quite stylized at times...But it manages to steer clear of the stereotypes one might expect of a movie set in this time and place, thanks in part to the underlying and, mostly, underplayed themes of spirituality and the search for identity.

75
Portland Oregonian
M. E. Russell
The movie's a veritable Viggo-a-go-go.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
After a slow start, it moves.

70
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
This big-budget western bears a striking resemblance to the recent Tom Cruise vehicle "The Last Samurai," though it's more fun and less pretentious.

70
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
One rousing, if rote, adventure.

70
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Hokey though it is, with a horse-hugger ending thrown in to boot, Hidalgo has a sweet-natured appeal that welcomes sentiment without overdoing it.

70
Variety
Todd McCarthy
Tells an old-fashioned boys' adventure yarn in an equally old-fashioned way.

70
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
There is enough compelling adventure, awesome cinematography and dynamic stunt work involving horses to keep one entertained by Hidalgo.

70
LA Weekly
Scott Foundas
Hidalgo can still be a wonder to behold, especially in its dynamic racing sequences, but the movie bogs down in its midsection with a needless kidnapping subplot that ultimately becomes quite tedious.

63
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
A sometimes stirring, sometimes preposterous movie.

63
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
A family film (albeit a mediocre one).

63
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Performances are simple and complementary, and Hidalgo's potential death scene sustains suspense as much as is equinely possible.

63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
Hidalgo is the first Middle East western.

63
Premiere
Sara Brady
Mortensen proves once again that hes an able, even intuitive performer, more compelling speaking Lakota Sioux than many others in plain English.

63
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
Like most movies about men and horses, Hidalgo spares no expense in matters of corniness. Set in the 1890s, it's sort of a throwback movie, executed with the boyish kick of dusty old cowboy matinees.

63
USA Today
Claudia Puig
There is some lovely cinematography by Shelly Johnson in the classic David Lean style and plenty of excitement. Taken just for that, Hidalgo delivers.

60
New York Magazine
Peter Rainer
Fortunately, most of the malarkey in this movie seems intentional in the same Sunday-afternoon-serial way as the Indiana Jones movies (some of which Johnston worked on).

60
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Nathan Rabin
Mortensen nicely underplays his role, offhandedly tossing off one-liners and making the script's sometimes purple dialogue sound a little less cheesy, but the rest of the film often lurches into hammy overdrive.

58
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Simplest of its charms is the opportunity to watch Mortensen adapt his charismatic demeanor of wary, taciturn soulfulness from that of a Middle-earth king-in-waiting to one fitting a half-Lakota horseman in 1890.

50
Dallas Observer
Bill Gallo
Yet another version of the conscience-stricken white soldier Kevin Costner played in "Dances With Wolves" and the Indian killer-turned-noble warrior Tom Cruise gave us in "The Last Samurai."

50
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
You might expect "Seabiscuit" meets "Lawrence of Arabia," but overall, it's a big, beautiful bore.

50
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
It's a bit of an oddball story, but surely there was a less plodding way to elaborate on it.

50
Village Voice
Benjamin Strong
The screwball antics recall "Cannonball Run" more than David Lean.

50
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
The supporting cast is a riot of stock exotic characters, verging on the offensively stereotypical.

50
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
An adventure that never met a cliche it couldn't saddle, mount and ride for a butt-numbing two hours and sixteen minutes.

50
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Ultimately, Hidalgo won't win any movie races, but I'd definitely bet on the movie to show.

50
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
While often diverting and physically impressive in an old-fashioned way, Hidalgo suffers from weird shifts in tone, offensively outdated stereotypes, a cumbersome subplot - and a supposedly fact-based story that bears only a nodding acquaintance with reality.

50
Miami Herald
Connie Ogle
The racing itself is entertaining enough, though it's not so mesmerizing as the shorter, more focused competition in the far-superior "Seabiscuit."

50
Salon.com
Charles Taylor
The lost opportunity of Hidalgo isn't that it fails to live up to its potential for romantic adventure, but that it fails to dig into the romance between man and horse that's at the heart of the story.

40
Empire
Olly Richards
Ultimately, Hidalgo falls down due to a neglect of basic story elements -- anonymous villains, a hero with no clear goal other than money, love interests who sound alternately gin-sodden and lobotomised -- and after a brief burst of energy staggers home at a mild limp.

40
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
This movie needs a star performance at its center, and the director, Joe Johnston, doesn't seem to know it. His closeups dote on Mr. Mortensen's striking face, and on the actor's interesting inwardness, but he doesn't ask for, or find, the sort of zest that could turn laconic into romantic.
40
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
The much too long, primitively plotted family action adventure Hidalgo, directed by Joe Johnston, has a handful of well-handled sequences but, given the young audience the film is intended for, the picture may be like having to finish an entire pot of broccoli to get a couple of jelly beans for dessert.

30
Film Threat
Phil Hall
Nothing more than a big old chunk of horse poop.

30
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
If it weren't for Sharif's extraordinary presence, there wouldn't be a cherishable moment in the movie.


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