Actor Viggo Mortensen made his first starring appearance in a film after his breakthrough performance in the Lord of the Rings trilogy with this period adventure. Frank T. Hopkins (Mortensen) is a U.S. Cavalry officer who earned a reputation as one of the fastest and most daring riders in the West; however, after taking part in the bloody massacre at Wounded Knee, Hopkins becomes disenchanted with the Cavalry, and once his hitch is up, he takes a job as a rider with a seedy touring Wild West show. During an engagement in New York, Hopkins meets Aziz (Adam Alexi-Malle), an associate of wealthy Bedouin Sheikh Riyadh (Omar Sharif), who knows of Hopkins' talents and wants him to take part in "The Ocean of Fire," an annual 3,000-mile desert horse race running from Arabia to Iraq. Hopkins accepts the invitation and sails to the Middle East with his trusty mustang Hidalgo without knowing just what he's getting himself into. Once he arrives, Hopkins learns that the punishing race course claims the lives of nearly half its contestants, and that most of his competitors ride pure-bred Arabian stallions and do not regard Hidalgo and his master as worthy adversaries. Temporarily exiled to a land where freedom eludes the multitudes and class and wealth define one's fate, Hopkins finds himself riding for both honor and principle, with the support of Riyadh and his beautiful, headstrong daughter, Jazira (Zuleikha Robinson), though the Sheikh's nephew Katib (Silas Carson) is equally determined to see Hopkins go down in defeat. Hidalgo was directed by Joe Johnston, who previously worked with animals on the run in Jumanji and Jurassic Park III. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Release Date Hidalgo Mar 5, 2004 Wide
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Actors For Hidalgo

Viggo Mortensen,Omar Sharif,Louise Lombard,Said Taghmaoui,Peter Mensah,J.K. Simmons,Zuleikha Robinson,Adam Alexi-Malle,Silas Carson,Adoni Maropis,Harsh Nayyar,Floyd 'Red Crow' Wes...,Elizabeth Berridge,Victor Talmadge,Frank Collison,Jerry Hardin,C. Thomas Howell,Malcolm McDowell,Sven Ole Thorsen,David Midthunder

Genres Hidalgo : Action & Adventure

Visitor Ranting & Critics For Hidalgo

User Ranting Hidalgo : 3.2
User Percentage For Hidalgo : 66 %
User Count Like for Hidalgo : 129,595
All Critics Ranting For Hidalgo : 5.6
All Critics Count For Hidalgo : 157
All Critics Percentage For Hidalgo : 46 %

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Movie Overview For Hidalgo
Set in 1890, this is the story of a Pony Express courier who travels to Arabia to compete with his horse, Hidalgo, in a dangerous race for a massive contest prize, in an adventure that sends the pair around the world...

TagLine Hidalgo

Unbridled. Unbroken. Unbeaten.
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Review For Hidalgo

An adventure that never met a cliche it couldn't saddle, mount and ride for a butt-numbing two hours and sixteen minutes.
Peter Travers-Rolling Stone

An exciting, colorful and very appealing movie.
Rex Reed-New York Observer

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.
Charles Taylor-Salon.com

Popcorn for us and oats for the horses, delivered by the tall drink of water that is Mortensen.
Michael Booth-Denver Post

A hybrid of both traditional and revisionist contradictions.
Benjamin Strong-Village Voice

... filled with cliches.
Richard Roeper-Ebert & Roeper

Formulaic, overly simple, too violent for tweens.
Nell Minow-Common Sense Media

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.
Kam Williams-Princeton Town Topics

Even if the story were true, the film's events have been fictionalized beyond belief.
Russ Breimeier-Christianity Today

[It's] so careful about being inoffensive that it never has the guts to suggest much of anything except 'Be Nice to Others and Especially to Horses.'
Jeffrey Overstreet-Looking Closer

Will Hidalgo survive the brutal desert to demand more creative control over his next film?
Mark Collette-Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

Fitfully entertaining hokum as long as it isn't taken too seriously… Remarkably, Disney doesn't whitewash the more politically incorrect elements of Hopkins' tale.
Steven D. Greydanus-Decent Films Guide

This is grand cowboy fun, a wild adventure with a glorious sense of excitement and wonder.
David Cornelius-eFilmCritic.com

...why weren't the Disney folks content simply to tell a good story? Could it have been because they knew they didn't have a very good story?
John J. Puccio-Movie Metropolis

The film's most harrowing scenes are predictable and utterly unoriginal.
Wesley Lovell-Cinema Sight

The picture plays out with the robust character of the old Flash Gordon movies.
Forrest Hartman-Reno Gazette-Journal

The stereotypes and blatant propaganda wouldn't irritate so much if the action itself wasn't so relentlessly dreary -- a desert of imagination, parched of original ideas.
Nev Pierce-BBC

Slow, plodding and arduous, though spiked with occasional hiccups of excitement.
Adam Nayman-eye WEEKLY

Completely lacks the nobility, statue, and credibility due such an amazing story, even if it is an old man's folly.
Edith Alderette-San Francisco Examiner

It is pure popcorn fun, whether there is a grain of truth in the story, or if it is merely an entertaining western tall tale.
Lori Hoffman-Atlantic City Weekly

An entertaining western adventure that radiates simplicity.
Mark Sells-CineScene.com

It's a widescreen Saturday matinee movie gloriously resurrected.
James Verniere-Boston Herald

A big, beautiful film that's thoroughly enjoyable even if it never tries to be meaningful.
Rich Cline-Shadows on the Wall

The screen language of Hidalgo invites nostalgia for adventure films without satisfying it.
Jake Euker-F5 (Wichita, KS)