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Texas Rangers

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Texas Rangers reviews
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9.0 User Score:

Generally unfavorable reviews

Based on 10 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Western

Written by: Scott Busby
Martin Copeland
George Durham (book Taming of the Neuces Strip: The Story of McNelly's Rangers)

Directed by: Steve Miner

Release Date:
Theatrical: November 30, 2001
DVD: April 16, 2002

Running Time: minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: PG-13 for western violence

Starring James Van Der Beek, Rachael Leigh Cook, Dylan McDermott, Ashton Kutcher, Randy Travis, and Tom Skerritt

An epic adventure of love and courage in a rugged land, Texas Rangers revives the great tradition of the pure American Western. (Dimension Films)

What The Critics Said

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...

50

Washington Post Stephen Hunter

Maybe it's me, but I find it difficult to dislike any movie that has horses, guns and big hats in it.

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50

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

What's going on is: hunks on horsies.

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40

Variety Eddie Cockrell

Has the frustrating feel of a rousing, epic oater sadly compromised.

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40

LA Weekly Hazel-Dawn Dumpert

A blandly competent dramatization of the famed Texas lawmen's post–Civil War history starring the blandly handsome tube stars

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40

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

This old-fashioned Western about the glory years of the Texas Rangers, cast with fresh-faced, telegenic young actors whose performances range from adequate to awful, is undermined by a serious lack of true grit.

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38

Chicago Tribune John Petrakis

I can only hope that this film was a lot of fun to make. That way, someone will have enjoyed the experience.

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30

Austin Chronicle Marrit Ingman

There's not much spunk here.

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20

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

A routine shoot-'em-up, with the triteness of Scott Busby and Martin Copeland's script exceeded only by the flatness of Steve Miner's direction.

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20

The New York Times Dana Stevens

This violent meatball western deserves to be forgotten quickly.

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12

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Epic waste of celluloid.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

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