Cast: Robert Redford, Kristen
Scott Thomas, Sam Neill, Dianne Wiest, Scarlett Johansson
Directed by Robert
Redford
A couple of teens in upstate New York go
horseback riding in the snow one day, when disaster strikes in the
form of a semi and kills one of the girls and severely wounds the
other, including the horse. The girl's leg is amputated and the
horse is as good as dead, but the mother holds out hope for the horse
since it was her daughter's, even though the horse is now crazy to
the point of being dangerous. The daughter takes her disability hard
and the mother has trouble communicating with her so comes to the
conclusion that the only way to heal her daughter's psychological
wounds would be to heal the horse. She sets out to Montana with the
girl and the horse to find someone known as a "horse whisperer", to
see if the horse can be rehabilitated. He reluctantly takes the job,
and in the course of rehabilitating the horse, he tries to help the
girl and mother in the process.
The film is close to three hours long,
and some may find the pace of the film to be excruciatingly slow and
not stick with it. The film takes it's time in relating the story,
but patience will reward those who stick it out with a touching and
compelling tale of healing and overcoming anything that ails you.
Redford does a wonderful job, not only as actor, but also as director
and producer as well, in this adaptation of Nicholas Evans'
best-seller of the same name. The cinematography is breathtaking,
and you won't mind the film being slow after a while and just sit
there admiring all of the relaxing scenery.
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