my family love this film . not only be it breathtakingly beautiful but the dominant message that the underdog can triumph against all odds and in the process of try and learn more about him or herself than in all the preceeding year of his or her life make this an outstanding film . the maroc scenery be a visual treat . my father live there in the early 60 and still wax poetic about the landscape and wonderful people he meet there . the negativity that a few have express about hidalgo puzzle me and smack of ulterior motif . i go to the theater expect to see a movie with a positive message . i come out of the movie with so much more . but then and anyone who give it an ounce of thought and can understand that the phrase base on a true story be not the same a non fiction . i would have stay home and watch pb for a documentary if that what i expect . we be go to revisit hidalgo and look forward to mr. fusco next project .