Virginia is a teenage girl living in Massachusetts. She is trying to come to grips with the death of her mother Deborah in a horse riding accident. Her mother was riding Twister and this horse has a new foal. Virginia begins to nurture Stormy, the foal of her mother’s horse. Her older sister Caroline isn’t interested in horses and Virginia is obsessed with horses. The horse Deborah was riding belonged to neighbor Blake Raines. Caroline is dating Darrow, Blake’s hot-tempered son and jockey. Darrow doesn’t like to lose, he’s willing to cheat, lie and mistreat his horse for a victory!! At first, the foal Stormy is sold but her father buys Stormy back.
One reviewer has said this movie is okay for children or people who don’t know much about horses? Because they knew a lot of horses, they laughed throughout the entire movie because of the ridiculousness of it?? It also seems that it would have been released in the late 80’s or early 90’s instead of 2002. A positive note about this film is that the two sisters have an affectionate relationship with each other and also with their dad. I don’t know much about horses but there is terrible and fairly dangerous riding plus cliches and bad sound effects. 2 1/2* (This movie is so-so)
103 min, Drama directed and written by Pewter Markel and also written by Valarie Trapp with Gabriel Byrne, Lindze Letherman, Rachel Skarsten, Joanne Whalley, Kevin Zegers, Robert Miranda, Jeremy Akerman, Jocelyn Cunningham, Adien Labrecque, John Dunsworth.
Note: Imb 6.2* out of 10* with 716 reviews, Rotten Tomatoes 78% with 1749 audience scores, Amazon 4.6* out of 5* with 48 reviews, Letterboxd 3.2* out of 5*, Horse Nation 1/2 a Golden Horseshoe.
Special Note: Filmed in Jordan Bay, Nova Scotia and Shelburne Canada.
Mistake: When Virginia falls off her horse, you can clearly see the boots of someone riding Stormy back to her?
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