Though a bit overlong at nearly three hours and with a curiously unsatisfying ending, The Horse Whisperer nonetheless taps into the spirit of the characters and their noble mounts.
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The Horse Whisperer (1998)
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Reviews Counted:51
Fresh:36
Rotten:15
Average Rating:6.9/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 48 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A terrible horseback riding accident has left 14-year-old Grace MacLean (Scarlett Johansson) emotionally and physically scarred for life, and has left her prized horse, Pilgrim, permanently... [More]
Starring: Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Neill, Scarlett Johansson
Director: Robert Redford
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Reviews for The Horse Whisperer
Evans' original story, as well as Redford's pro-Earth campaign, are lost in unending travelogue-like vistas of distant horizons, majestic mountain peaks and dazzling sunsets.
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Yee haw! Turn off your brain before you watch it.
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The Horse Whisperer is deeply respectful of its subject matter.
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What works in The Horse Whisperer works VERY well.
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That rare kind of movie: it looks good, it feels good, and by golly it does you good.
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Robert Redford is one of those unquenchable movie stars who look ever more fascinating as they mature. His new drama, The Horse Whisperer, shows him at his rugged best.
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This spectacularly acted and photographed epic offers plenty of mainstream fodder for a broad swath of filmgoers to enjoy.
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In a film as benign and forgiving as The Horse Whisperer, it's only fair to forgive Redford for showing a little bit of vanity. He deserves it.
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You come away from the movie with a more visceral understanding of why Kevin Bacon and Peter Fonda spend most of their time on their Montana ranches and why Redford would choose to live in Utah.
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A film as rich in its visual presentation as it is in its emotional resonance.
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Top Critichas much in common with 'The Electric Horseman,' Redford's popular 1979 vehicle ...But while 'Horseman' was a feel-good formula picture, 'Whisperer' is aiming for something much deeper and truer.
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What The Horse Whisperer loses in storybook romance it gains in rock-solid values and a stirringly profound respect for nature...
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Top Critic...transporting and therapeutic...
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The Horse Whisperer moves slowly and is patently manipulative, but it gets to you nonetheless. A colleague referred to the movie as the ultimate chick flick; no argument here.
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Redford's adaptation of Nicholas Evans' bestselling novel is a countrified, monolithic thing of beauty...
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It tells its romantic story well.
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Booker’s way with people and horses is at once mesmerizing and unbelievably simple. His story of patience, love, and simple contact is a nice parable for our time.
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It even manages to avoid some of the movie clichés you'd expect to see in a film like this, and, surprisingly, subvert some others.
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