On Swift Horses might have one of the best casts of the year, but it’s also one of the hardest films to sit through. It’s quiet, slow, and looks nice but that’s about it.
The film stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Will Poulter and Jacob Elordi. They all look great on screen but even they can’t save a story that moves at the pace of a snail.
It’s supposed to be a romantic drama about love, loneliness and risk, but it never finds life. Every scene feels stretched out, every silence lasts too long, and by the halfway point, you stop caring what happens. The film feels like it wants to be poetic, but instead it becomes empty.
It’s as if the film is afraid to feel anything real. The visuals are soft and dreamy, but they don’t hide the fact that nothing much is going on.
What makes it worse is that no one seems to know this film exists. There was almost no marketing, no buzz and barely any audience. I don’t think anyone watched it but me.
In the end, On Swift Horses is a great-looking film that forgets to tell a story. It’s just painfully slow, dull and forgettable. Great cast, wasted potential.