Do you want to see a good western, amigo?

Rating: 8/10 (13 June 2011)

This movie combines phenomenal animation (really amazingly well done), great voice acting, and a script full of wily humor, old-school western legend, and mystic enlightenment. It is a tour de force for both animated movies and a welcome addition to the potent mythology of The West.
I felt the plot was a bit convoluted, but it plays out well in most cases, with some very epic moments, and some very surprising introspection at times (meditations on failure, hardship, and identity).
And it lives and breathes the essence of the classic western, full of dry, hot, dusty openness and grit. I would actually put this up against Tombstone or Silverado any day - it's got the whiskey and iron for it.