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Genre :

Drama, Family

Release Date :

October 20, 2006

MPAA Rating :

PG

Director :

Michael Mayer

Starring :

Alison Lohman, Tim McGraw, Maria Bello, Ryan Kwanten

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  5 of 5 [Rate It]

2.5 of 4

“..proves a pleasant surprise for a family film..”
by Sue Pierman [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
2.5 of 4

“..overly simplistic..”
by Pam Grady [Reel]
“..like a standard Hollywood product in an automatic heartfelt mode..”
by Michael Wilmington [Los Angeles Times]
“..a wholesome but stale remake of a family-film classic from 1943..”
by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
“..a thoroughly uninspiring drama..”
by Michael Rechtshaffen [The Hollywood Reporter]
Review rate : C+
Reviewed by Aaron Cutler [The Cinema Source]
Review rate : B-
Reviewed by Scott Brown [Entertainment Weekly]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Elizabeth Weitzman [New York Daily News]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
Reviewed by Todd McCarthy [Variety]
Reviewed by Stan Urankar [Sun Newspapers of Cleveland]
Reviewed by Annemarie Moody [The Arizona Republic]

Reader's Reviews


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The best family film since Ice Age!

posted by mcgraws_sexyman on Nov 20, 2006

best movie eva!!!!

posted by flicka on Oct 23, 2008

i loved this movie. I really love horses and I was connecting majorly with kate.

posted by Lee on Dec 09, 2008

hey humand what is matter with you what

posted by danny pino on Feb 18, 2009
 
 

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