Out Stealing Horses
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, 72% Fresh Tomatometer Score- Muted but moving, Out Stealing Horses ambitiously explores the human condition through one man's lifetime of memories.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreDwight BrownNational Newspaper Publishers Association
When the title of a film is more vibrant than anything you'll see on the screen, it's an issue.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreSimon AbramsRogerEbert.com
There's some appreciable serenity and a lot of personal grief on display in Out Stealing Horses, but it's only visible in fits and starts.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJohn AndersonWall Street Journal
What Mr. Moland is after, in tackling an "unfilmable" novel, is evidenced in the visual tone, emotional content and Mr. Skarsgård's mutely eloquent performance.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreGlenn KennyNew York Times
An ambitious film that examines memory and consciousness through the perspective of an older man who's determined to escape from memory and to constrict his lived experience.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreWendy IdeScreen International
A film which is strikingly beautiful yet can be quite inert.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDeborah YoungHollywood Reporter
A hugely accomplished meditation on life, guilt and responsibility.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreSteven WarnerIn Review Online
Out Stealing Horses is far too composed to be an outright failure, but it's precisely that modicum of understanding that also makes it such a lame, frustrating slog.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreWitney SeiboldCritically Acclaimed Podcast
Depressive, yes, but also... Actually, it's just depressive.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreNicole AckmanNext Best Picture
The film attempts to delve into an interesting relationship between a father and son...but unfortunately, the more interesting parts of the plot aren't fully developed.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDennis SchwartzDennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
It's an honest film about a likeable guy, but is too subdued to get you excited.
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