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- 2009
- Unrated
- Zeitgeist Films
- 1 h 33 m
- 2009
- Unrated
- Zeitgeist Films
- 1 h 33 m
Summary How far would you travel to heal someone you love? An intensely personal yet epic spiritual journey, The Horse Boy follows one Texas couple and their autistic son as they trek on horseback through Outer Mongolia in a desperate attempt to treat his condition with shamanic healing. (Zeitgeist Films)
- 2009
- Unrated
- Zeitgeist Films
- 1 h 33 m
- 2009
- Unrated
- Zeitgeist Films
- 1 h 33 m
The Horse Boy
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Summary How far would you travel to heal someone you love? An intensely personal yet epic spiritual journey, The Horse Boy follows one Texas couple and their autistic son as they trek on horseback through Outer Mongolia in a desperate attempt to treat his condition with shamanic healing. (Zeitgeist Films)
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
64
75% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
19% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Turns into a lyrical and stirring meditation on the mystery of autism.
It is an inspiring, well-assembled portrait of one man's love for his autistic 6-year-old son and the measures he's willing to go to help the boy -- and the family -- cope with his neurological challenges.
The whole enterprise seems to be Isaacson's project. He narrates the film. Kristin, his wife, seems fully in accord with him, and they're both courageous, but I would have liked more insights from the side of her that teaches psychology.
For both the parents and the filmmakers, the journey of The Horse Boy was tough and utterly unpredictable, but their act of faith has produced a film that's surprisingly upbeat, evenhanded and imbued with wonder.
Raises more questions than it can answer in its travelogue format. It's because the premise is so intriguing and the drama is so compelling that the result is so confounding.
Well-meaning but trying documentary.
The film reveals its true colors at the end, with a plug for the New Age dude ranch the entrepreneurial couple has since established in Texas.
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Release Date Sep 30, 2009
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating Unrated
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Tagline How far would you travel to heal someone you love?
Awards
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination