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The Horse Whisperer

Movie · 1998 · 169 min

A slow, sweeping, quietly emotional ride through grief and healing, with wide Montana vistas and a bittersweet ache that lingers.

About
1998 film by Robert Redford
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Class
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Year
1998
Runtime
169 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • healing
  • trauma
  • family
  • love
Places
  • countryside
  • home
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Robert Redford
Written by
Eric Roth, Nicholas Evans, Richard LaGravenese
Starring
Scarlett Johansson, Robert Redford, Sam Neill, Kate Bosworth, Kristin Scott Thomas, Dianne Wiest, Chris Cooper, Cherry Jones
Music
Thomas Newman
Cinematography
Robert Richardson
Runtime
169 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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