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Felicity: An American Girl Adventure

2005 · 86 min

A gentle, old-fashioned coming-of-age tale with a spirited heroine and a horse, easy to watch and warmly earnest.

Directed by
Nadia Tass
Genres
Action, Drama, Family
Starring
Shailene Woodley, Kevin Zegers, David Gardner
Overview
A pre-American Revolution Virginian girl's love for the outdoors leads to the friendship of a lifetime. Felicity loves horses, and though her parents plead with her to remain indoors, she yearns to ride the open plains. When Felicity comes into contact with a beautiful mare which has suffered at the hands of its callous owner, she takes it upon herself to care for the creature.

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Directed by
Nadia Tass
Genres
Action, Drama, Family
Starring
Shailene Woodley, Kevin Zegers, David Gardner
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 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
  • coming-of-age
  • friendship
  • family
  • freedom
  • survival
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Music
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Cinematography
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