An average movie

You can say whatever you want about Ron Howard but the guy is quite a versatile director, he has tried a lot of different genres and this time, he tried his luck with one of the oldest genres, the Western. Unfortunately, it wasn't really good, I'm afraid. I know, my rating might seem a little bit harsh but I seriously didn't care much for this Western. To start with, this genre doesn’t seem to interest much the modern audience nowadays. Except for ‘Unforgiven’ which is already more than 20 years old by now, there hasn’t been any really successful Western for a very long time (with the recent failure of ‘The Lone Ranger’, don’t expect any high-profile movies in this genre anytime soon). Anyway, even though there was a nice cast who definitely did a pretty good job, it was a flop at the box-office. Like I said before, myself, I didn’t care much for the whole thing either. Indeed, even though the actors were decent, the story was pretty pedestrian and seriously underwhelming. It is basically one of those cases where Ron Howard’s directing turns out to be rather bland and uninspiring. To conclude, it is a rather weak Western and I don't think it is really worth a look.

5/10