Wonderful family story. Gosh, and Kris Kristoferson and Kurt Russell to look at, and horses, and Kentucky bluegrass. How could you go wrong? No really, I really hugely liked it. I just want to be that little girl and get to live my dreams. Wish I could go back sometimes but I guess I’ll have to stay a middle aged adult and dream other things. Of course, what I would have felt as butterflies of excitement at one time I now I would interpret as nausea so maybe I like being reminded of what it was like, to dream.

Yes, I watch cheesy movies, and I generally enjoy them. No, I am not typically a harsh critic. There is nothing wrong with this movie, but it doesn’t offer even the shred of something different than the 100s of previous stories about injured horses and the little girls who love them. It’s formulaic and utterly predictable. I got this from Netflix because so many people had recommended it and because Dakota Fanning is the child lead. She is adorable and and I think of her as a good child actor, but her performance her was just cute, not great.