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Flicka

2006 · 95 min

A gentle, heartfelt family drama with beautiful scenery and a strong emotional core about a girl and her horse.

Overview
Katy McLaughlin desires to work on her family's mountainside horse ranch, although her father insists she finish boarding school. Katy finds a mustang in the hills near her ranch. The headstrong 16 year old then sets her mind to tame a mustang and prove to her father she can run the ranch. But when tragedy happens, it will take all the love and strength the family can muster to restore hope.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • coming-of-age
  • parenthood
  • identity
  • healing
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity2
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
family, drama
Directed by
Michael Mayer
Written by
Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal
Starring
Alison Lohman, Tim McGraw, Maria Bello, Ryan Kwanten, Danny Pino, Dallas Roberts, Kaylee DeFer, Jeffrey Nordling
Music
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Cinematography
J. Michael Muro
Runtime
95 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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