Karry
Best movie of this year hands down!
Spoonixel
Amateur movie with Big budget
Aneesa Wardle
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
Leofwine_draca
A MAN CALLED HORSE is a solid enough western of its day, perhaps slightly dated for the modern viewer but a film that still provides a hard-hitting and thought-provoking journey. Richard Harris is well cast as the tough hunter captured by the Sioux tribe and forced to undergo all manner of indignities, tribulations, and torture as he gradually finds himself accepted by a race he previously viewed as inferior. Yep, this is the DANCES WITH WOLVES of its day, and while not as glossy or well made as that film, it's still quite engaging. What's most interesting is how much of a visual story this is, with barely any dialogue which means the film gets by on physicality alone. The torture scenes remain gruelling to this day.
rbjbergeron
A Stockbridge Indian friend of mine called this "Tarzan of the Indians." There is so much wrong with this movie that I simply cannot go through all of it. Here are a few major points:1. Enemies being Shoshoni. The Shoshoni were hundreds of miles away from Lakota (Sioux) country. To attack as in this film, they would have had to go through one of the following other countries: Crow, Blackfoot then Gros Ventre then Assiniboine, Arapaho, or Arapaho then Cheyenne. The biggest enemies the Lakota had were the Crow.2. Slavery. To the best of my knowledge, it simply never existed among the Lakota.3. The chief's declaration never to retreat. This was something a specific men's society swore, not individuals. And it was more of a Cheyenne thing than Sioux.4. Vow to the sun. This was a blasphemy against the holiest rite of the Lakota. First it was not done indoors. The building shown here may have been Mandan or Pawnee; The Lakota NEVER built such a structure. Secondly, there was never a requirement for anyone to go through the Lakota sun dance, a four-day event with the piercing on the last day. In my opinion, this presentation of the sun dance (Lakotas never had a "vow to the sun") is analogous to the medieval majority claiming that Jews killed Christian children for their Passover celebration - horrifyingly false and a terrible insult to Lakota people.How do I know these things? I have a history degree with special emphasis on American Indian history and culture. I have been studying and working in this field for over thirty years. And I am Mdewakanton Dakota. The best thing about this film is that it can be effectively used as a bad example of Indian movies, years after such should have disappeared from the scene. All the glowing positive reviews here of "A Man Called Horse" simply illustrate pure ignorance.
Master Cultist
Richard Harris plays an English nobleman, spending time in America during the 19th Century, hunting game. He is captured by a tribe of Indians, and treated as a slave. Gradually, through means of fumbled communication, and by enduring several challenges and tests, he becomes accepted as one of their own, and even helps lead the repulsion of a rival tribe. Harris is excellent in the lead role, playing both nobleman and hardened warrior well. The most interesting point of the movie is the general lack of dialogue. The Native Americans speak in their own tongue, which Harris' character does not understand at all to begin with, and no attempt is made by the director to enlighten the viewer as to what is being said. A brave, and incredibly forward thinking decision. As a result you, as the viewer, are propelled into Harris' world, where strange language and bizarre rituals have to be observed carefully before they can be understood. Dated, for sure, but this is still an interesting movie, and the fact that the two hour running time passes in the blink of an eye seems to indicate it is also engrossing.Well worth the effort.
disdressed12
at the beginning of this movie,there is a blurb about how the events portrayed are taken directly from historical documents of the period.the South Dakota Sioux Indians also had a lot of input into the movie.so,we can assume it is fairly accurate.one thing it does is show the Native American Indians as being just like any other people.this movie took awhile to get going,in my mind,but once it does,it's action packed,and it's very well acted.Richard Harris is the title character.he is a British Lord who is captured by the Sioux in the mid 1800's.first he is treated with disdain,as nothing more than a servant to the aging mother of the chief.gradually,though,things change,though,and he becomes much more.this is a very touching and heart breaking movie.it's also very thought provoking.overall,i give A Man Called Horse a 6/10