Westerns are always iffy boxoffice prospects, especially when, like "Open Range," they come with a ponderous pace and emotions distilled from much older movies. "Open Range," written by Craig Storper from a novel by the late Lauran Paine, presents a classic situation. The hulking Mose (Abraham Benrubi) and a Mexican teen everyone calls Button (Diego Luna) see the trail as one big adventure.

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