Entertainment film reviews This hilarious take on Kevin Costner’s new movie is surely the most savage review you’ll read this year John Plunkett . Updated July 8th, 2024 Share Tweet Kevin Costner’s got a new film out, a western called Horizon which is either unapologetically old school or plain boring, depending on your point of view. It’s the first of a planned four-part epic from the co-writer, director and star, a deeply personal project which we hope for his sake he gets to complete.
And we mention it because of one particular review – or, more accurately, one particular section of this review – which went wildly viral for reasons which will become obvious. It’s by William Earl in Variety ..
. "Unfortunately, the first of..
.[the #Horizon ] films is not just a commercial fiasco — it is a complete storytelling flop from top to bottom, an unbelievable lapse at understanding what interests audiences." https://t.
co/bZsEYKoxj5 — Variety (@Variety) July 3, 2024 And this is the section people enjoyed in particular. Fucking brutal https://t.co/vf8mAHT8oo pic.
twitter.com/P783Y0HD8K — Ryan Aguirre (@aguirreryan) July 6, 2024 Mega oof. ‘During the last hour of “Horizon,” a man sitting several rows behind me descended the steps in the dark theater, spilled his half-full bucket of popcorn midway down, reached to pick it up — but was interrupted when he let out an audible fart.
At this point, he abandoned the bucket and hustled to the door. If only “Horizon�.
