The main hook of The Long Riders is clearly in the casting, but this never feels gimmicky in a film that attempts to balance the pastoral and the brutal. It’s a noble ambition and one which works for the most part; there are occasions upon which it means a jarring switch of tone but largely the timbre remains consistently elegiac.

Ben Nicholson

CineVue

Mr. Hill weaves their gestures together with a portentous elegance that promises a great deal that it never delivers.

Janet Maslin

The New York Times

The Long Riders takes more than a few cues from John Ford, favoring laconic characters whose projected confidence masks an inability to vocalize basic desires.

Jake Cole

Slant Magazine