The Rare Breed (1966)

Highly Overrated But Still Good

The first must-see film of the year.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

This is not a good movie. I not why it got a 6.4. Most of this movie. Is and a man telling two women that are a mother and daughter and there cow is not good because it is a bull with no horns. And the women that telling him that the cow is wonderful because it is a bull with no horns. This movie has an awful story line. It is very boring. It is not a 6.4. It is a 4. I do kind of like when people talk about there bull getting away on them. There is a bad guy in this movie for about 10 minutes. And it is in the mild. He get killed very quick in it. Mostly this is about romance and bull. That is write that a cow movie. Boring. Do not see this movie. See a good western like A fist full of dollars.

I just saw bits of this film for the first time today and kept at it because all of the leads were some of my all time favorite actors. I can't speak for the quality of the film since I didn't see it all, but it seems apparent that no lesser light than James A. Michener not only saw it, but liked it a lot since the basic plot line about the great British bull being brought to America by an English widow and then dying in a record blizzard after leaving his stamp on a new generation of crossbreeds is used almost verbatim in "Centennial" which was published nine years after this film was released.Anyway, what I saw I enjoyed. I can't not enjoy O'Hara, Stewart and Keith!!!

I enjoyed the movie "The Rare Breed" despite the fact that it was a tad silly at times. I don't think that it was an attempt to make an extremely powerful, gut wrenching story, but rather some great actors doing a film that mixed some serious moments with a lot of fun. Instead of knocking Mr. Stewart for doing this movie I would just as soon sit back and have a good time watching this "modern" western. I must agree however with Leonard Maltin who says that the only thing wrong with it was too much studio footage. It really would have helped the credibility factor to go out more to the open range. As a major Jimmy Stewart fan, I acknowledge that this was not his best, but who cares!

A fifty year old Jimmy Stewart wrestling cattle? Did anyone stop and think about this for a second? James Stewart has solidified himself as one of the best actors in the history of film. But even his prestige and talent cannot save this picture. An overly long epic about cattle breeding is not what greats like Stewart should be used for. It's almost sad to see how hard he tries, in a role with little substance, supported by a dry script. Of course there are some good points. Stewart finding a lost calf is a good moment, but that's solely his doing. (If there were other good moments I was probably asleep). Rare Breed was a disappointment to say the least. It's depressing to think that there weren't other roles available for an aging actor. I miss the "Hitchcock" Stewart, and the "Capra" Stewart, and the "Ford" Stewart. As painful as it is to admit, this may be one of his worst performances. Any other actor would have drowned in such a bad picture, but Stewart stays afloat, just barely.