one of my absolute favorites!

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Dame Judith Anderson must have been a Cow Head or in her dotage to accept such a parent in such a pathetic movie.I don't want to hear that the Richard Harris character eventually accepts humility after he is captured by a ferocious Indian tribe and subjected to all kinds of torture.In the meantime, his two aides were killed by the tribe and that is quickly conveniently forgotten.Anderson adopts to some sort of Indian dialect in this farce. She is as brutal as they come in her treatment of the captured Harris at the beginning of his captivity.This was nothing more than a liberal propaganda like film teaching to love your enemies.

"A Man Called Horse" is a very unusual film about the west for many reasons. It's NOT set during the usual 'glory days' when most films of the type were set (1866-1880). It had no cowboys. And, it had very little dialog in English.The film begins with a rich Englishman, John Morgan (Richard Harris), on a hunting expedition in the American West in the 1830s. He and his party are attacked by Sioux warriors and Morgan is taken prisoner by the natives. At first, he's treated like a slave and his life truly sucks. It didn't help that the only one who spoke any English in the tribe was another slave who was French...and the guy was a little nuts! Through the course of the film, however, Morgan learns to respect and even enjoy life with the Sioux and becomes an important member of the tribe. There is naturally much more to it than that but it's best you just see it for yourself.This movie is almost like an ethnographic portrait of the Sioux and the times instead of a typical western film. The usual sorts of clichés and expectations are mostly missing. Some will hate this--some will no doubt be relieved. All I know is that I enjoyed it and liked the more intimate and native-centered approach of the film. Well made all around...though the sun ceremony is NOT for the squeamish.

See it – It's hard to put this masterpiece into words. It is a heart-warming, yet heart-wrenching drama. It is also a brutally violent, realistic western. Richard Harris stars as an Englishman who is captured by Indians. They have never seen a white man before, and they treat him like an animal. After proving himself in battle, he marries an Indian girl with the intent of escape. But his feelings eventually change after he is accepted into the tribe. I know this plot sounds familiar, but this is completely unique from similar movies such as "Dances with Wolves." It is much grittier and certainly deserving of an R rating. Richard Harris produces a spectacular performance. And there's no cowboys vs. Indians. This is a complete immersion into the Native American culture. Even the battles feature the Sioux vs. the Shoshones. And the final battle will not disappoint the action buffs. This is truly a western classic. 3 out of 5 action rating.

Englishman John Morgan is travelling around the frontier in the gradually opening US when his companions are killed and himself captured by Sioux Indians. He is treated as an animal and made to work for an old woman in the tribe, while the warriors all dismiss this white prisoner as too weak to be of any threat or interest. When Morgan first has he opportunity to show himself stronger than they think he finds himself more accepted by the tribe. Over years he comes to learn more about them and, gradually become one of the tribe.Just to get it out of the way, let me just say that this film was probably of more value when it first came out in 1970 than it is today. And yes certainly revisionist westerns recently (such as Dances with Wolves) owe it something in way of a debt. However neither of these things are really on the table when it comes to be putting aside two hours of my time to watch a film – I'll mostly try and meet it where it is but this is not carte blanche for excuses. With A Man Called Horse it does probably help to have a certain mindset in regards Native Americans to be able to enjoy it. I do not (and never will) own a dream-catcher, nor do I refer to any race as "beautiful people" (any more than I would describe any race as "horrible people") and as such I don't think this is meant for me because it relies heavily on the viewer being caught up in experiencing Sioux life.That is not to say that it has no value if you cannot get this aspect, but just that if you are not already swooning at the "spiritual" people before you then this might be a bit of a drag. At two hours long I felt that the film had too little in the way of experience and too much in the way of fawning adoration for the culture. Not sharing this view will leave you out in the cold to some degree. Fortunately there is just about enough going on in and around this film to make it reasonably interesting with action and some character events. It doesn't save it from how enamoured with the subject but it makes it just about serviceable as a dramatic story – even if the two hours is way too much of an ask for it. Harris works hard and I think he deserves credit that the director and writers do not. He finds a solid character and grows convincingly within it and deals the best he can with the material given him. The rest of the cast are convincing enough although the rich Technicolor of the film does rather work against it in terms of realism in the presentation and their performances.A Man Called Horse is worth noting for what it tries to do but it is also worth ignoring because of what it actually does. The dramatic story is stretched over the running time but mostly it is killed by just how much in awe and reverence the film appears to be of its own subjects. If you own a dream-catcher then your head may be in the place for this to work but for me it was close to being hard work to get through it.