On Swift Horses

On Swift Horses is a slow-burning romantic drama set in 1950s America, drenched in emotional repression and unspoken desires. While its visuals are lush and period-accurate, the film suffers from uneven pacing and a narrative that often feels fragmented. Jacob Elordi delivers a strong, internalized performance, but the overall chemistry between leads feels muted. The screenplay leans heavily on silence as subtext, yet falters in delivering emotionally charged dialogue, especially in romantic scenes. Though visually elegant and thematically ambitious, the film hesitates to fully embrace the depth of its subject matter—resulting in a beautiful but emotionally distant experience.

Beautifully written, and subtly acted. An intelligent movie that explores how real love is too often prohibited. I believe this film is underrated because of homophobia. Other reviews have blatantly rated the film one-star because of homophobia. How sad that movies unfairly receive poor ratings because of outright bigotry.

On Swift Horses is a beautiful and smart film. But also one that I felt didn't completely sustain its promise to the end. It's a story of two brothers and one woman in 1950s USA. Julius has returned from the Korean War to Kansas to see his brother Lee and his partner Muriel. The brothers had a plan of moving to San Diego but now Julius is not so sure. Lee and Muriel marry and start a new life in California, but Julius goes to Las Vegas where he finds work in a casino and a new love in Henry. This is a tale of dreams and hidden desires. Muriel wants more from her life and Julius seeks peace and love. It is all beautifully shot but somehow the story feels distant and a little cold at times. A talented cast does fine work though with Will Poulter, Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones especially fine. A worthy and fine film but one that doesn't soar completely.

Movie about infidelity and soft core porn. Crap.

May be the worst movie I have seen in a long time. No point to it!

After Saltburn, it felt like Jacob Elordi was hunting for his next big blockbuster — but unfortunately, this isn’t it. The film drags with a painfully slow pace, and by the end, you're left wondering what on earth you just watched. There's no clear plot, character development is practically non-existent, and the entire story (if you can call it that) feels like it's just wandering in circles with no purpose. It tries to be deep or artistic — maybe even mysterious — but instead comes off as confusing and empty. I couldn’t tell you what the point of it was, and I watched the whole thing.

It was really boring not Should have. Rented it instead of buying it not what I expected that's for sure

Has a few good ideas and the actors for them but struggles to go anywhere interesting with them

With a great cast embodying their character to perfection, tension was high as the self-reflecting thoughts and ambitions characters had to find their true meaning in these times. The ending hits you hard when you least expect it. A lot of "show don't tell" elements makes the viewers reflect of the parallels between Julius and Muriel, as well as the symbolism of the horse opening and closing the movie. A great and unique storyline with fantastic actors.

I certainly did not dislike this movie and it largely kept me entertained. But, it’s pretty slow moving and nothing of major significance happens. It’s basically the story of two different people finding out who you are supposed to love does not mean much if your heart pulls you in other directions. I liked the 50’s time period setting and the actors did a great job. Just not one that I feel like I’ll remember very much of come next year.