VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

JinRoz For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

seansnowden8 I really enjoy this movie, the acting and cinematography. All of the characters are interesting and believable. The film is slow in the beginning. I enjoy the sound track and the sunny hills and valley. Boy meets girl. Girl have over protected father. It's very simple. That's why I like it so much. It has a twisted feel throughout the entire movie. I noticed that this movie bombed at the box office. I do not understand why? This movie also does not make sense until you get further in. ERW is so off the charts beautiful. So is the main character. There is a shot in the movie that uncovers Norton's shoulder tattoo, if your a music fan from the early 80's its a dead giveaway that the main character is not who he seems to be. I like the ending and the sadness they both feel towards questions unanswered.

skrobdell *** This review contains spoilers***IMDb's database on this movie lists as "goofs", continuity relating to the Edward Norton's beard, which makes drastic changes during the film's final scenes. Ranging from a heavy five-a- clock shadow to a Village People-type cowboy goatee, the beard completely disappears by the finale. (This in a climactic pursuit that would present a problem for any shaver.) Rather like the uncertainty of the star's beard the whole movie's focus makes startling changes as you view. These changes stretch from the potential portrayal of a Cowboy Rom-Com plot, to a potentially "mad killer in your midst" horror scenario. This is all played alongside a vague portrayal to an end of the cowboy dream, as a result of the incursion of modern day technologies. The cowboy rides his horse along some high ridge and in the background looms up an electricity pylon. Additionally, gridlocked six lane freeways hint more heavily that Wild West ways are certainly obsolete. These scenes succeed in making the hero a huge anomaly in the contemporary milieu he is portrayed living in. Add a Father, of his misunderstood teenage girlfriend, who is a hard denigrating, foul-mouthed collector of guns and these themes succeed in creating an eclectic mix of attitudes. These characters, and more, have to be continually deciphered as the movie unfolds. Is it really clear what is intended? Should we side with Father as the paternal protector of his young susceptible nubile, daughter? Or, with the wonderful pastiche of the Marlboro Cowboy in all his glory; a portrayal, which is well and truly discarded when the cowboy expertly gun-slings a bullet into his lover's stomach. This continual change of direction during this movie creates a continuous rhythm of ambiguity and conflict. Do we plump for the young earnest male lover, or the concerned father, or even the rights of the beautiful female focus for their protection. As soon as we decide the story makes us change our mind. This style continues right to the end of the movie. Having proved to be a man who has serious problems coping with reality, the two members of the family who were affected most by the faded cowboy ideal, cast his gunslinger ashes into the romantic Wild West winds. When you leave the film theatre you have every right to question the sense of this last scene. And like the rest of the film you will have had trouble deciding on anyone's rightful position and where your loyalties lie. If this is intentional then the Director has succeeded admirably in taking the viewer on a roller-coaster of deceitful signals. If not, then the film lacked a cohesive plot and focus in favour of a less ambiguous theme. (This would have made the film far less interesting.) What type of beard should the film wear?

pc95 Usually Edward Norton movies are good or very good. Unfortunately, "Down in the Valley" directed and written by David Jacobson is neither of the above. The movie has a bit of a problem with meandering, but that's not the principle problem. No the main problem that dragged the movie down was implausible character reactions, situations, and thinking. How could the young Culkin character continually follow a guns-blazin' emotionally ripped up idiot over his own father? Not just once but at least a few times. Where did the Norton character learn to shoot so well? The report came in as him being involved in burglary. Didn't the Tobe character figure out he was fraudulent on first go-round with the horse? How much older is Norton than Wood - easily 12-15 years.... Anyway, you could keep going - the movie is frenetic in a bad way. Not really memorable nor good, although you could find worse.

Britney-Keira This movie has essentially one major flaw, which in the opinion of this viewer is a fatal flaw.It is not a flaw concerning plot holes or anything of that ilk, in fact it is a much more serious flaw than a simple 'goof.' The problem lies with the fact that the viewer does not care for any of the characters. There is no-one he can empathise with, no-one he can say he is on the side of. They are all just simply annoying.The voice over which we hear on occasions is more annoying than anything else.Norton and Morse do there best with the material, and both show they have some acting skills, but do we actually care about either character? We don't and so we watch the movie come to what is a fairly inevitable conclusion without much though for them at all.This one is pretty bad.