The Horse Whisperer
The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse when she realizes that her daughter will only recover once the horse is healed.
2 January 1983, Los Angeles, California, USA
24 May 1960, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
23 January 1943, Chicago, Illinois, USA
9 July 1951, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
14 May 1971, Tacoma Park, Maryland, USA
17 November 1963
8 April 1986, Orange County, California, USA
21 November 1956, Paris, Tennessee, USA
10 October 1972, Thomasville, Georgia, USA
18 August 1936, Santa Monica, California, USA
14 September 1947, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK
1971, Costa Mesa, California, USA
6 March 1983, New Jersey, USA
November 08, 2007
Curl your cynical lip if you want, but there's a place for heartwarming, life-affirming, even weepy dramas.
November 08, 2007
This has loads of craft and honor but never quite takes off.
January 01, 2000
As good as Redford and Scott Thomas are at the outset, they can't convey the passion necessary to make the affair believable.
April 09, 2005
I found it to be a compelling, adult film that transports you into another world.
March 29, 2016
Gorgeous, slow-paced '90s horse drama has mature themes.
November 08, 2007
Directing himself for the first time, Redford has lavished his usual meticulous care on popular material that comes alive on the screen in ways that it never could on the page.
April 27, 2007
We are not talking postmodern or even modern here, but the best kind of old-fashioned.
September 28, 2012
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.
February 14, 2001
That lack of identifiable passion is The Horse Whisperer's most vexing problem.
May 14, 2003
A lovely piece of filmmaking.
June 24, 2006
It's a film-maker's love letter to himself.
