Damon's attempts at leading characters in romantic dramas such as 2000's "All the Pretty Horses" and "The Legend of Bagger Vance" were commercially and critically unsuccessful. "Variety" said of his work in "All the Pretty Horses": " just doesn't quite seem like a young man who's spent his life amidst the dust and dung of a Texas cattle ranch. Nor does he strike any sparks with ." He was similarly deemed "uncomfortable being the center" of Robert Redford's "The Legend of Bagger Vance" by Peter Rainer of "New York" magazine.