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Horse Sense

1999 · 92 min

A gentle, feel-good fish-out-of-water story about a spoiled city kid learning humility and family values on a ranch.

Directed by: Greg Beeman
Genres: Drama, Family, Tv movie
Starring: Joey Lawrence, Susan Walters, M.C. Gainey

Tagline: Can this city guy and his cowboy cousin saddle up to save the ranch?
Overview: After treating his rancher cousin shoddily in L.A. Michael Woods is sentenced by his parents to spending a month on the ranch with his cousin and aunt.

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Directed by: Greg Beeman
Genres: Drama, Family, Tv movie
Starring: Joey Lawrence, Susan Walters, M.C. Gainey

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
redemption
coming-of-age
class
grief
Places: countryside
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Humour	4
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	2
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: drama, family, tv movie
Directed by: Greg Beeman
Written by: Carey Hayes, Chad Hayes
Starring: Joey Lawrence, Susan Walters, M.C. Gainey, Leann Hunley, Robin Thomas, Jolie Jenkins, Steve Reevis, Freda Foh Shen
Cinematography: Rodney Charters
Runtime: 92 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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