As drama, the story is genteel to a fault, with nothing provocative or troubling to disturb our enjoyment of the scenery. This limits the achievement. And yet it casts a spell.

Lyrical and almost rapturous. Farnsworth is extraordinary.

Here's one of the loveliest adventures of the year, a movie about a stubborn, indomitable character who robs people because that's what he knows best.

The Grey Fox is sizzling with an indistinct charm in that it's a film that exists on its own terms.