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Mood:
- Feel GoodSentimentalTouchingHumorous
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Plot:
- Parents and ChildrenTeenage LifeAnimal lifeCouplesFamily RelationsBabies and InfantsComing of AgeGetting Home more...
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Genres:
- DramaFamily
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- USAWyomingFarm
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Audience:
- Family OutingKids
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Style:
- Voice OverStrong Female Presence
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Based on:
- Remake
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousRealistic
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Flicka, 2006
English
USA, UK
Profile of Flicka
The mood of Flicka is sentimental, feel good, and touching. The plot centers around animal life, teenage life, and parents and children. It is a drama movie. Stylistically, Flicka includes a voice over and stars a strong female character. In approach, it is realistic. It takes place, at least partly, on a farm. Flicka is set in Wyoming. It happens in contemporary times. It is a remake. Flicka is especially suggested for kids and a family outing.
Summary of Flicka
Based on Mary O'Hara's classic coming-of-age novel, MY FRIEND FLICKA, this 2006 drama follows Katy (Alison Lohman), a rebellious Wyoming teen, as she contends with her parents (country singer Tim McGraw and lauded actress Maria Bello) and struggles to tame the willful and wild horse of the title. When her frustrated father opts to sells the rambunctious Flicka (whose Swedish name roughly translates as "beautiful girl"), Katy must take drastic action for the sake of both herself and her equine companion.
Initially filmed in the 1940s under its original name, the story switches the lead character from a boy to a girl, allowing the always-compelling Lohman to add depth to her restless character. Previously known for the edgy drama A HOME AT THE END OF THE WORLD, director Michael Mayer skillfully corrals the story through beautiful Western scenery (familiar to fans of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN) and breathtaking horse-riding sequences, but the real highlights of FLICKA are the performances of Lohman and Bello, who play off energetically against the stoic McGraw. With its old-fashioned, straightforward cinematic storytelling and topnotch cast, FLICKA breaks to the front of the family-film herd, and stands out as one of the finest horse-themed movies of the early 21st century.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA, UK |
| Release date: | 19 October 2006 |
| Runtime: | 95 min |
Cast and Crew
as Katy McLaughlin
as Nell McLaughlin
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Washington Post
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- by: Stephen Hunter
Entertainment Weekly
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- by: Scott Brown
