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Mood:
- SentimentalSincereTouchingContemplative
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Plot:
- PsychologicalFall in LoveParents and ChildrenDishonestyLove and RomanceMind and SoulRehabilitationIntrospection more...
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Genres:
- DramaRomanceMelodrama
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Time/Period:
- 90s
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Place:
- MontanaNew YorkUSA
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Audience:
- Girls' Night
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Praise:
- Award WinnerCritically Acclaimed
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Based on:
- Based on Book
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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Flag:
- Mild Violent Content
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The Horse Whisperer, 1998
English
USA
Profile of The Horse Whisperer
The Horse Whisperer can be described as sentimental, sincere, and touching. The plot revolves around psychological motives, falling in love, and parents and children. The main genres are drama and romance. In terms of style, The Horse Whisperer is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. The Horse Whisperer is located in Montana and New York. It takes place in the 1990s. It is based on a book. The Horse Whisperer has received attention for being an award winner and critically acclaimed. It is well suited for a girls' night. Note that it involves mild violent content.
Summary of The Horse Whisperer
Robert Redford directs this compelling story of 14-year-old Grace MacLean (Scarlett Johansson), who is emotionally and physically scarred after suffering a terrible accident while riding her prized horse, Pilgrim. Desperate to help her daughter, Grace's mother, Annie (Kristin Scott Thomas), a high-powered magazine editor, launches an all-out campaign to find a horse whisperer, someone with a unique gift for curing troubled horses. She learns of Tom Booker (Redford), who works to rebuild all the lives shattered by the accident. Love blossoms between the horseman and the uprooted sophisticate, resulting in unexpected consequences. The film was based on the popular novel by Nicholas Evans.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 15 May 1998 |
| Runtime: | 170 min |
Cast and Crew
as Annie MacLean
as Tom Booker
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Critics Reviews
Entertainment Weekly
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- by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
The New Yorker
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- by: Anthony Lane
Users Reviews
- 05.September.2008
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- by: rose
- rose rated this movie7/10Good
