All the Pretty Horses

Name: All the Pretty Horses
Released: 2000-12-25
Cast: Matt Damon, Henry Thomas, Lucas Black, Penelope Cruz, Ruben Blades

PG-13
1h 57m
2000

32%

age 14+

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Always wanting to live the cowboy lifestyle, young John Grady (Damon) sets off for a Hacienda in Mexico. While there, John enters into a passionate romance with the spellbinding Alejandra (Cruz), much to the displeasure of her powerful father. Doomed from the start, their illicit affair will culminate in murder and betrayal and young John will have to confront the ultimate test of inner strength and resilience.

Director:

Billy Bob Thornton

Producer:

Writer:

Ted Tally

Cast:

Matt Damon, Henry Thomas, Lucas Black, Penelope Cruz, Ruben Blades, Robert Patrick, Bruce Dern, Sam Shepard, Julio Oscar Mechoso

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

32%

Critics Consensus: This adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel comes off as rather flat and uninvolving. Scenes feel rushed and done in shorthand, and the romance between Damon and Cruz has no sparks.

Reviews

Hollywood.com

Ted Murphy

What is on screen is impressive, even with the sense of something missing.

August 15, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Sacramento News & Review

Not a disaster as rumored to be, just a disappointing adaptation of a great novel. Thonrton fails...

I'm a fan of all involved, but this is a really tough watch.

Common Sense Media

age 14+

Common Sense Says

Adequate but disappointing book adaptation.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that a main character is dragged away and shot while his friends wait and listen. There is some prison brawling. After Alejandra sleeps with Cole, she loses her family's love. Frequent coarse language is used in conversation, but no extreme expletives. Cole lies to Rocha about riding into Mexico with Blevins and pursues a secret affair with his daughter. Cole and Alejandra kiss and swim naked (viewers only see shoulders). Later, we see them in bed together. Cole must fight in order to stay alive in prison. Both he and Rawlins get beat up, and Cole ends up stabbing a man to death. There is some gunfighting.