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The Horse Whisperer on DVD (1998)
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Robert Redford won the Hollywood bidding war over the movie rights to British author Nicholas Evans's bestseller about a Montana cowboy who cures traumatised horses. Directing himself for the first time, Redford fits the role as snugly as his faded denims, watched glowingly by blonde, mature Kristin Scott Thomas, a natural choice after her role in The English Patient. She's a New Yorker with a daughter and a horse, both disabled in an awful road accident — an event that opens the film and that most viewers will watch with horror. So, leaving husband Sam Neill behind, they trot off to Montana to see horse shrink Redford. Guess what happens? The story's blend of Disney wildlife film and adult romance is bizarre and, at nearly three hours, far too long. But the Montana scenery is stunning and, against your better judgement, you will probably feel a lump in your throat. New York Times "...Mr. Redford has found his own visually eloquent way to turn the potboiler into a panorama, with a deep-seated love of the Montana landscape against which his rapturously beautiful film unfolds..." Time Out Redford's Tom Booker is nothing less than the perfect man: stoical, wise, warm, at home in the world, ruggedly handsome... Read more on www.timeout.com Members ReviewsReviews Voted Most HelpfulMost Recent Reviews |
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