Richard Burton,
Peter Firth,
Colin Blakely,
Joan Plowright,
Harry Andrews
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Richard Burton plays a psychiatrist who attempts to discover why young Peter Firth has taken to mutilating live horses. In probing Firth's psyche, Burton discovers that the source of the boy's obsessi... read more
DVD Release Date: March 4, 2003
Stats: 262 reviews
Interesting, well acted but extremely grim. There's the feeling that a good deal of subtext was removed because of the times in which it was made. A prime candidate for a remake.
Peter Firth's performance definitely beat Daniel Radcliffe's one-note angst, but as a film, I don't think the story works. The climactic scenes (orgasm on Nugget, blinding of horses) contained within the cinematic frame lost much of the stage production's frenetic chaos. Didn't... read more
An unnerving, intellectual character piece whose powerfully disturbing nature outweighs its small flaws. The acting from everyone involved in this film is excellent, particularly Burton and Firth in the demanding lead roles. Sidney Lumet's direction, apart from a few debatably un... read more
I read the play script for this just a day or two before seeing it, and I must say the movie is a bit of a disappointment with that in mind. I'd like to see it on stage some day - somehow the actual live horses took away a lot of the power of the story. The moments where Dysart a... read more
Richard Burton shines once again, unfortunately by opening this play up it lost the ritualistic elements which make it so great. Performances are great and I liked in your face nature, but definitely lost something movie from stage to film.
Based on the PShaffer play. Depicts the human psyche & the power of the mind better than no other flick Ive ever seen. Shattering & surreal.
A wonderfully haunting movie based on the play by Peter Schaeffer about a psychologist and a boy who blinds horses.
Sidney Lumet was just the right director for Equus, and just the wrong one. Full Review
Thanks Sidney.
The acting of Richard Burton and Peter Firth in their Oscar-nominated turns is good, but writer Shaffer and Sidney Lumet can't really open up the play Full Review
Pretty much fails as film; the play's really the thing
An illuminating parable about the human condition, giving voice to the yearning we all have for some kind of religious experience. Full Review
he center of the film is still grandiose acting and tons of over-reaching self-revelation, and it ends up feeling awkward and unsteady on the screen Full Review
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