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Summary: Not for those with short attention spans
Review: Thsi movie was okay, but that's about it. It was SO long(almost three hours), and it has to be a pretty good movie to get away with that length, and the Horse Whisperer just wasn't there. I love horses, and I love romantic movies, but the plot just moved too slow for me and the ending just isn't very conclusive. They never tell us if Grace's mom and Tom Booker end up together or if they decide to stay away from each other, and that really bothered me. Some people really loved this movie and I understand how, but I just didn't like it that much.
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Summary: UMMMM
Review: I know I am going to make someone mad by saying this, but I did not fully find this movie enjoyable. I believe that the supposed chemistry betweeen Kristin Scott Thomas and Robert Redford was nowhere to be found. The best actor in the entire movie was entirely THE HORSE. I wished to know more about what happens to the Horse than anyone else.
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Summary: Very dissapointing
Review: The only good thing about this movie is the beautiful scenery and the trasformation that happened with the the Girl, Grace, and her horse. I found the romance between the mother and Tom (the horse whisperer)to be totally unacceptable and disgusting. It totally ruined the movie. People may not always be able to control being attracted to someone, but they should control giving in to passions, especially when one is married to someone else.
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Summary: "Whispers" Is A Way Of Life
Review: Have you ever wanted to escape? Leave the hustle and bustle of city life behind? And do you believe things, even tragic things, happen for a reason? If so, you should truly be enthralled with "The Horse Whisperer".When my younger sister first told me how she cried and cried throughout this film and that she related to the horse....I had to wonder! After viewing an horrific accident in the icy snow between a truck and two young girls on their beloved horses, I saw an insight into my sister's life I had not known. As "Pilgrim" ( Graces horse ) did, my sister also felt scarred, disliked , and rebellious. See, she too had an auto accident which left physical scars on her face and apparently in her own psyche. This film was her catharsis. This a beautifully shot meandering journey to find oneself again. Whether you are the young girl, the confused yet strong mother, the displaced father, the hallowed horse or even the magically patient horse whisperer himself. The crazier this techno world gets...the more I say, "Life is calling, but why can't she whisper?" Enjoy! Thanks for your interest in my comments--CDS
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Summary: The movie was OK but READ THE BOOK
Review: You must read this book. The movie doesn't do it justice. I don't like the way the ending in the movie and the book are different. The scenery was beautiful. I saw Buck Branaman, he uses the same training techniques, and he was amazing. I saw some behind the scenes and Robert Redford worked with Buck. He even had a cameo in the movie. Unless you've worked with a horse I don't think you can truly understand how difficult they can be. Seeing the movie one time was enough for me but I plan on reading the book again.
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Summary: Good, but not true
Review: Speaking from a horse persons view the movie was promoted to be more horses, but it was a love story. Friends and I went to watch the movie expecting a little romance but more focusing on the horse end of things. It started out like the book but wasn't finished the way the book was. It had some awesome scenes, and some beautiful horses, but it didn't live up to its name.
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Summary: Breath-taking vistas and a lump in your throat
Review: A film that was meant to be seen on the big screen is still breath-taking on letter-box format on the small screen. A tragic accident forces a girl to confront her relationship with her mother and forces her mother to confront her relationship with her husband. The bridge between all the complex emotions and relationships in the film is a traumatized horse that must also overcome phobias related to a tragic accident in which he (the horse) was unable to protect the girl he adores as much as she adores him. The acting is superb and believable. The mountains, ranges and prairies are unforgettable and the simple yet fulfilling lives of the Montana rancher and his family is something even the most die-hard lover of the big city will crave for themselves.
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Summary: A Beautiful Movie
Review: The Horse Whisperer is sucha beautiful film it takes your breath away. The film's stunning cinematography, it's awesome acting and great storyline make it a 4 star movie and one of the best of 1998. Scarlett Johnasson is the star of the show, she plays 14 year old Grace, a horse-lover who has just had a terrible accident with her friend. Her mother (Kristin Scott Thomas) helps her daughter and her horse, Pilgrim by taking her to a 'horse whisperer '(Robert Redford) who can heal horses. This is a very sad, beautiful and lovely movie and don't be put off by it's mammoth length (2 hours, 48 minutes) - to me it felt like 1 hour rather than 3.
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Summary: Heals the heart, strengthens the spirit.
Review: The Horse Whisperer is not a typical Hollywood movie. But then, none of the films Redford has directed, are in any way typical. The first time I really took notice of his work, was after seeing "A River Runs Through It". He had managed to tell a brutal, sad story in a mystical way that held me spell-bound.
Whisperer takes that feeling one step further. It will hold you and then squeeze your heart till the tears come. This is not a sad film however. It is the story of a spiritual journey that a family makes with the aid of a talented guide, Tom Booker, (played by Redford himself). Each of them takes their own paths but make it through some trying times, emerging stronger than when they began.
The story gets going as a result of a terrible accident involving two young girls who are out riding in icy, lightly forested terrain. The lone survivor, Grace, is traumatised by the loss of her friend, her foot and, in another way, her horse Pilgrim. Not that Pilgrim was killed, despite the wishes of the local veterinarian, but it was not the same, sane horse that it had been.
The normal tensions that existed within the family are magnified by the aftermath of the accident. Grace becomes withdrawn, suffering guilt and shame which show themselves in her bitterness toward her parents, Annie and Robert. At the same time she makes a connection between herself and Pilgrim. The horse's fate seems to be a grim portent of her own future; scarred, maddened and kept in a dark and lonely place.
Annie's desperate search for a treatment for Pilgrim is therefore very understandable. She hopes to build a bridge back to the world for her daughter, by healing Pilgrim. Here enters the almost magical legend of the Horse Whisperers. A breed of men, so in tune with horses, that they are said to be able to talk with them... to look into the soul of the beast and calm its raging spirit.
Tom Booker seems to have a healthy scepticism for the legend however and makes his down to earth philosophy pretty clear from the first moment when we hear him say, " Well truth is, I help horses with people problems."
Despite Tom and Robert's reluctance, Annie drags Grace from her pit of despair, to cross the country on the slim hope of making everything right again, on a Montana ranch, with a little help from a horse whisperer. Her expectation are rudely shattered within hours of arriving. Tom doesn't act like a paid specialist. From the outset it is clear to him that young Grace needs as much healing as Pilgrim. And this is a load he seems more than capable of bearing.
By now we are well and truly hooked by the story. But the best is yet to come. Redford clearly loves the great outdoors and his feeling shouts from the big screen. Montana must be God's own country because it is breathtaking. Now add a dash of wholesome family values, good old hard work, reluctant romance and a pinch of equine shamanism and you've got something special.
The Horse Whisperer is a movie that makes you feel like dozing in the long grass, on a lazy Summer afternoon. Don't be afraid of grass stains; go see this unusual film and have a roll in the grass for me.
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Summary: Good
Review: If you have an MTV attention span, you are going to find this boring. But having come of age before MTV was invented, I was actually capable of becoming absorbed in this "slow" movie. It was a little contrived, but is a good piece of work. And anyone who pukes at the idea of a woman in her 30's falling for a man in his 60's, is probably about 14 years old herself. (And I'm in my 30's, just so you don't think I'm a man in his 60's being defensive). Redford is as good a director as he is an actor. If you want a good piece of story-telling, this movie is your ticket.
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