A Girl and her best friend go horseback riding on a winter morning in New York, but their horses lose their footing on ice and slide onto a road where they are hit by an oncoming truck. The best friend and her horse are killed while the girl and her horse are seriously injured (the girl has her leg amputated) but survive. There is lasting trauma to the girl and her horse, so the girl's mother does research and finds a horse trainer who might be able to help them both. Since the trainer lives in Montana, the mother, girl and horse have to leave the big city life for a simpler place. The horse trainer ends up having a big impact on all three, but finds himself conflicted as he begins a romance with the mother who is still married.
This is a 2.5 hour movie and I felt it didn't need to be quite as long. The scenes are set up so slowly and meticulously that it drags at some points. However, the story is a good one and there are a bunch of different sub-plots to make things interesting. For whatever reason, I didn't enjoy the performance from Kristin Scott Thomas (the mother) and didn't believe her as a love interest for Robert Redford's character. Maybe she just seemed a little too cold and distant. Anyway, the other actors were good and believable. The only other change I would make would be to shorten some of the long, monotonous, yet visually appealing scenes and instead, use that time to answer some questions at the end of the movie. There's a fine line between letting the audience be imaginative to make up their own ending and just being lazy or hasty to end it quickly.
Rating: 3 of 5 stars
Would I watch it again: No
Starring: Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Neill, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Cooper
I typically watch movies on Monday, Wednesday and Friday while riding the ACE Train from Tracy to Santa Clara. The opinions expressed are those of me, myself and I.
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