The Horse Whisperer (1998) Review

After a tragic horse accident for her daughter Grace, Annie is willing to do anything to try and build her back up. Attempting to enlist the help of horse whisperer Tom Booker in the remote Montana mountains.

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The life changing accident for Grace on her horse, her mother Annie did not want to allow this to be the end of her love for riding and impact her life too badly, due to the loss of her leg. Embarking on a cross country adventure to seek help from a horse whisperer, who had originally turned her down would change everything the mother and daughter thought they knew not only about life but one another. 

A true chance to grow in many different ways. Showing that coming away from a big city can work wonders in all possible ways; demonstrating that having less can actually mean so much more. Annie is about to learn even more about herself and the life she had settled with, in those Montana mountains she realises that there’s more than the job she had been so obsessed and consumed over.

Tom Booker was a rather free spirit and seemed to prefer the company of horses over people, very distant to begin with but see him come alive when trying to help Grace through her tough time. As well as good performances we get to see some truly beautiful scenes with the horse riding and how amazing that area of America looks.

I would have stayed forever with Robert Redford, I must say that scene when she left drew parallels with Bridges of Maddison County when Meryl Streep left Clint Eastwood standing in the rain. Along with a strong performance from Redford, it was also great to see Kristin Scott Thomas in the leading role and a breakout performance for a young Scarlett Johansson. Dianne Wiest, Chris Cooper, Sam Neill and Cherry Jones providing some very impressive support.

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