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  • 1998
  • PG-13
  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • 2 h 49 m
  • 1998
  • PG-13
  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • 2 h 49 m

Summary After her daughter is injured in a horseback riding accident, a sophisticated New York woman (Thomas) desperately seeks the help of a Montana horse whisperer (Redford) to help her daughter and the horse recover from the trauma.

Directed By: Robert Redford

Written By: Nick Evans, Eric Roth, Richard LaGravenese

  • 1998
  • PG-13
  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • 2 h 49 m
  • 1998
  • PG-13
  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • 2 h 49 m

The Horse Whisperer

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews
65
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 24 User Ratings
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Summary After her daughter is injured in a horseback riding accident, a sophisticated New York woman (Thomas) desperately seeks the help of a Montana horse whisperer (Redford) to help her daughter and the horse recover from the trauma.

Directed By: Robert Redford

Written By: Nick Evans, Eric Roth, Richard LaGravenese

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews
65
47% Positive
9 Reviews
47% Mixed
9 Reviews
5% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews
65
47% Positive
9 Reviews
47% Mixed
9 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review

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90
Mr. Redford has found his own visually eloquent way to turn the potboiler into a panorama, with a deep-seated love for the Montana landscape against which his rapturously beautiful film unfolds.
By Janet Maslin FULL REVIEW
80
The movie is not only a better version of the book, it's a work unto itself.
By Rita Kempley FULL REVIEW

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User Score
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12 Ratings
33% Mixed
8 Ratings
17% Negative
4 Ratings

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33% Mixed
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17% Negative
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78
A countrified, monolithic thing of beauty -- gorgeous to behold despite the fact that its overlong two-hour-and-45-minute running time plays off Redford's weather-beaten golden boy good looks far too often for its own good.
By Marc Savlov FULL REVIEW
60
The sticking point of the movie is its exorbitant length: two and three-quarter hours does seem like an awful long time to patch up a horse, and a movie that goes straight for your heart should not be allowed to fester.
By Anthony Lane FULL REVIEW
60
Robert Redford, who for the first time stars in a movie he's also directed, has taken this soap opera material and treated it like something inscribed on yak vellum by the Dalai Lama.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
50
The film finally seems to stagger under the weight of its own significance.
By Walter Addiego FULL REVIEW
30
It's punishingly dull for fully half of its two hours and 45 minutes.
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Production Company Touchstone Pictures, Wildwood Enterprises
Release Date May 15, 1998
Duration 2 h 49 m
Rating PG-13
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Awards

Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Nominations
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
• 4 Nominations

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