I'd say, that it was an interesting movie, I'm pretty sure horse whispering doesn't work. Horses don't pay much attention unless you shout at them. Then they can get offended or saddened, depending on their personality. The scenery is gorgeous, the people work well together. The script is great. But it does fall a little short on the horse angle. But since most people know very little about horses, it won't ruin it, it didn't even ruin it for me. I just said, "Ok, they don't know what they're talking about here." I can't emphasize enough about the scenery. Awesome, just awesome.

A good movie, however the real story here is about the comeback of the characters, such as Grace (Scarlett Johansson). There are great moments in the film such as where Grace has again ridden a horse (sort of in secret for the first time since the accident). And Grace later tells her mother: 'nobody's ever gonna love me like this' - never fails to tear me up. It's because she referring to ALL her injuries: inclusive of her physical, mental, and emotional state - which may be finally beginning to heal with the help of 'life' on this wonderfully beautiful cattle ranch. Another one is where a few minutes later Grace tells Redford the story of exactly how the accident happened (what an amazing, heart- wrenching scene she gives us). And Redford gives her some great fatherly advice and emotional 'relief' - we can feel her healing. Another is in the barn where Grace's mother / Redford finally talk about their feelings... an emotionally vulnerable woman, and a complete gentleman with enough character to know what is right for all of them.Finally, the emotional climax is where Grace enters the corral and confronts her fears about the horse. It's her chance, and all the supporting characters are there for her, standing up for her. In the end both her, the horse, and all 'the comebacks' come to total fruition and complete triumph. There are so many parallels between the injured horse and the flawed people that are emotionally involved in the story...All in all, this is really a 'comeback' movie - for Grace, the horse, for Redford's character, Grace's mother - all of them are {in movie magic 'reality'} learning to love again. THIS narrative is the real focus of the film... if you watch it again from this perspective, you'll see a very young and an incredibly gorgeous (quite visible even at such a young age) Scarlett to shine - better than in just the few glimpses of good acting that we manage to otherwise catch.

I think the film is great but it has odd changes from the book. Pilgrim and Gulliver should have been switched due to color. and Henry Logan should have been in the book. And how the focus the story should change a little, otherwise it is a brilliant film, I enjoy it. The way they portray the story really gives a feel on how the character feels. Redford did a great job making sure that you could really feel the emotions the book had displayed almost to a point. Evans, the writer, wrote a really moving piece and sold the rights to the right director, all and all as said above loved, i only wrote so much because it said I have to

This movie put on airs that I feel it was unable to live up to.I wasn't sure if it was supposed to be a movie for youth or adults, but if you have a horse-loving kid, you might want to know it's not exactly a wholesome family movie. A large part of the story involves the mother's lust for another man. The husband was not shown as insensitive, uncaring, unsupportive or uncommunicative, so evidently we were not supposed to sympathize with this woman.It didn't sit well with me the way they seemed to be pushing the girl to get better before she was ready, treating her as though there were something wrong with her and she should just snap out of it. To me it didn't seem like it had been very long, and rushing her doesn't seem like a good idea when everyone does things at a different pace.The movie overall seemed to drag; I think they could have taken out the whole affair part because it didn't really seem to have any purpose anyway, and that would have gotten it down to a normal length. The recovery of the horse was painfully slow, with many failures, just like in life. Trouble is though, this is a movie, so we need things to move along a little faster to maintain our interest. Not only was there not much whispering, but the man didn't even seem to have any special technique. It just didn't seem to make sense why this woman would want to spend so much money to fix this particular horse, when the process was so iffy, and the safety of her daughter was at stake.The accident scene was very well done. The trip to the ranch was a little ridiculous, driving cross-country with an unmanageable horse. (How did they feed it all this time, when they couldn't even get near it?) The scene at the hoedown was pretty intense. The final scene with the horse is kind of disturbing since he really didn't seem ready, though it's awesome when that horse gets up.Nobody really wowed me here with their performances. Scarlett was pretty good, as long as she didn't have to cry.Was it inspiring? I'm not sure. I want to give it a higher score since I feel like it is some kind of classic, but I just did not have that feeling of being charged up for the next day or so like I do when I see a good movie, or thinking about it all the next day. The affair and the rushing of the girl's progress left a bad aftertaste, if anything. It was a kind of low-key movie. I guess I was just expecting more magic or miracles, because that's what the movie set me up to expect.