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Hidalgo
In 1890, the movie follows a down-and-out cowboy named Frank T. Hopkins and his horse as they travel to Arabia to compete in the Ocean of Fire, a 3,000 mile survival race across the Arabian desert.
17 August 1936, Lake Traverse Indian Reservation, Roberts County, South Dakota, USA
19 July 1973, Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
13 September 1970, London, England, UK
14 February 1950, Evanston, Illinois, USA
2 May 1962, Westchester, New York, USA
16 August 1950, Mashhad, Iran
September 25, 2006
Even if the story were true, the film's events have been fictionalized beyond belief.
March 08, 2004
... filled with cliches.
March 11, 2004
Popcorn for us and oats for the horses, delivered by the tall drink of water that is Mortensen.
April 25, 2007
The event around which the movie revolves is a desert mirage, since there is no record of any such race ever being staged. Nonetheless, those able to ignore this outrageous historical distortion might enjoy this triumph of an underdog aganst the odds.
April 18, 2014
Whether or not the events depicted really happened to Hopkins, it's still a damn fun story.
January 17, 2016
If you take it as historical fact, it's got a world of problems. But if you're just in the mood to be entertained, it can be a decent piece of Saturday afternoon escapism.
March 18, 2004
An exciting, colorful and very appealing movie.
December 24, 2010
Formulaic, overly simple, too violent for tweens.
March 16, 2004
It's a manqué of a rousing adventure tale and not the real thing. You're constantly aware of the gulf between how the movie wants to excite you and the halfhearted execution.
March 09, 2004
A hybrid of both traditional and revisionist contradictions.
April 09, 2004
An adventure that never met a cliche it couldn't saddle, mount and ride for a butt-numbing two hours and sixteen minutes.
April 10, 2016
...the film's hold on the viewer dwindles steadily as it enters its progressively dull midsection...