One of the worst movies I've ever seen

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Absolutely brilliant

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

This is a pretty good story, a bit too slow at times. The scenery is what makes this film tolerable, sometimes enjoyable. Some of the equestrian practices shown are not depicting correct or safe methods, but this is normal in films. Horses don't flip out like people in the first place. They may be scared of places, sounds and things where the trauma occurs, but would never become psychotic as shown here. The other troubling thing I kept seeing over and over in the film is Scarlet Johansson's character kept trying to do things with her prosthetic instead of her good leg. I myself had a slow healing broken ankle and spent 9 months on a cast. You learn to use your good leg quickly, like when trying to climb a corral fence and mounting a horse from the side of your good leg, not your bad. These little film maker faux pas and the acting by Kristin Scott Thomas (trying too hard, obvious fake smiles- how hard is it to smile?) kept this from being an excellent movie.

Robert Redford directed "Ordinary People" in 1981. That film watched as two wealthy parents feebly attempt to rehabilitate their suicidal son. Assisting them is a psychologist, with whom the son bonds.Based on a novel by Nicholas Evans, "The Horse Whisperer" finds Redford telling a similar tale. It stars Kristin Thomas as a mother whose daughter (Scarlett Johanasson) becomes suicidally depressed after losing a leg during a horse riding accident. The horse was similarly scarred. Both horse and child are rehabilitated by Tom Brooker (Robret Redford), a "horse whisperer" with remarkable gifts for understanding people and horses."The Horse Whisperer's" first act works well as a domestic drama. Young Scarlett Johansson conveys a powerful mixture of self-hate, depression and sadness, all of which she hides behind a facade of bitter sarcasm. Kristin Thomas is also fine as a mother who vows to preserve her daughter's will to live.By its second act, "The Horse Whisperer" has morphed into an idiosyncratic western. Tom Brooker is your traditional cinematic cowboy, stoic, tall, wise and wordless. But he's also something new: a healer, a nurturer, a cowboy who solves problems with compassion rather than six-shooters.During its final act, "The Horse Whisperer" then become a full-blown romance. Stuck in a love-triangle, the film watches as Kirstin Thomas falls madly in love for Brooker. Here the film resembles trashy erotic fiction – she's a big city British girl, he's a fantasy cowboy, complete with tight jeans, manly aromas and buttocks of steel – but Redford's direction is restrained and he keeps the duo's love powerfully unrequited.8/10 – Overlong for its subject matter, and filled with too many fades, montages and musical swells, "The Horse Whisperer" is nevertheless interesting and at times handsomely shot. See "Ride With The Devil".

If you're Robert Redford, you have the clout to make a movie with a solid cast, outstanding cinematography, and great production values. This movie has all those things, plus horses as an added bonus. Unfortunately, the story is the sort of romantic fantasy that is often called "chick flick." Redford plays the Perfect Man--a cowboy who understands women and horses, listens to classical music, is a source of wisdom and good counsel for all who come his way, and is ruggedly handsome to boot. Even Kristen Scott Thomas, a tough New York magazine editor, is a pushover for him. He fixes her broken daughter and her broken daughter's horse and then proves so irresistible to Kristen Scott Thomas that she is ready to abandon husband and career to live out her days on a Montana ranch.There is one really nasty scene whose nastiness seems to have escaped the film-makers. It takes place at a barn dance. Kristen Scott Thomas's husband has arrived from New York. Redford and Kristen Scott Thomas have a steamy dance in which they explore each other while her husband sits nearby, fortunately not looking their way. No one seems aware of how cheap and low their behavior is.Scratch a romantic chick flick--at least this one--and underneath it's all horse manure.

Maybe it's just me being sentimental about another film accompanied by a Thomas Newman soundtrack, but I thought this motion picture was outstanding. The aforementioned score by the great Tom Newman was the perfect accompaniment for this chilling, yet heartwarming tale; just one of the 11 injustices by the academy. I'm not familiar with most of Redford's work, and I was yet to be convinced by his acting; however, he played the role of Tom so fantastically, that's it's just one of those roles you know the actor was born to play. A couple of drawbacks were that I felt Scarlett Johansson's acting at times a little dry, albeit she was only 13 at the time.Cinematoraphy was excellent, most notably the scenes of rural Montana, as well as the opening and final scenes of Pilgrim (the horse) prancing around - unrelated to the plot.All in all, I would definitely recommend a watch. Solid 8/10.