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Name: The Horse Whisperer
Released: 1998-5-15
Cast: Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Neill, Dianne Wiest, Scarlett Johansson

The Horse Whisperer

PG-13
2h 49m
1998

74%

age 13+

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Academy Award®-winner Robert Redford stars with Kristin Scott Thomas in this landmark epic adapted from one of the most acclaimed novels of our time! After a devastating riding accident, a young girl and her beloved horse are both left with serious physical and emotional scars. Determined to help, the girl's desperate mother (Thomas) puts her busy, big-city life on hold and travels west to seek out the "Horse Whisperer." When she meets this rugged, down-to-earth rancher (Redford), she discovers his extraordinary gift with animals also touches the lives of the people around him!

Director:

Robert Redford

Producer:

Robert Redford, Patrick Markey

Writer:

Eric Roth, Richard LaGravenese

Cast:

Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Neill, Dianne Wiest, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Cooper

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

74%

Critics Consensus: It might be a bit too eager to tug the heartstrings, but The Horse Whisperer is typically graceful, well-crafted Redford -- on both sides of the camera.

Reviews

Common Sense Media

Barbara Shulgasser

Gorgeous, slow-paced '90s horse drama has mature themes.

Maintains a spiritual atmosphere and decent hold on personal problems, keeping the long journey to the cure compelling, with enough flashes of Heaven on Earth to bewitch even the most disengaged viewer.

Like Jaws, Carrie and The Bridges of Madison County, director Robert Redford's screen version of Nicholas Evans' smash bestseller has largely been deemed one of those rarities: a movie that improves on its source material.

Curl your cynical lip if you want, but there's a place for heartwarming, life-affirming, even weepy dramas.

August 16, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 13+

Common Sense Says

Gorgeous, slow-paced '90s horse drama has mature themes.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that The Horse Whisperer is a 1998 movie based on the Nicholas Evans novel of the same name. It depicts an accident that kills a girl and her horse and seriously injures another girl and horse. Those deaths and injuries inform all aspects of the rest of the nearly three-hour story. The surviving girl and horse both undergo gentle but firm therapy, and the famous Robert Redford-directed piece epically covers their slow and painful progress with beauty and eloquence. Profanity includes "s--t," "hell," "damn," "Jesus," "Christ," and "SOB." Finding one's place in the world, letting go, and the nature of love are all themes, which lead to a married woman deciding if she values her family above her personal needs.