Equus is very well-acted, well-directed, and well-written. I feel as though I should be rating it higher. But it is also a very British film and very much a product of its time. Equus conveys a very strong sense of pessimism, desperation, anguish. So while I'd say it is a worthwhile film, it's also not the type of film I find enjoyable nor is it something I'd go about recommending to others. However, if you want to watch something less typical and more challenging then you could do worse than to put Equus in your queue.

3.5 / 5.0