SpookyPie88 If you love horses as sentient and amazing creatures, capable of thoughts and feelings and deserving of respect, then avoid this film as it will just infuriate you. If you love horses as riding equipment or as something to show off on Instagram, you'll probably enjoy it.Katy (Alison Lohman) doesn't love horses, she loves riding them. There is a difference. If she loved Flicka she would have been just as satisfied watching her run free as a wild mustang, but instead she had to imprison her and break her so that she could ride her and feel 'free' at the expense of the poor horse. I've always been a fan of Alison Lohman, but this film managed to ruin that. She is completely miscast as a sixteen year old free- spirit (read: spoilt brat). In her mid-twenties during filming she is just too old for the part, highlighted by the casting of parents so close in age to her. The character is so thoroughly unlikeable and seemingly perpetually miserable. From what I have heard the book is for a mature audience, but this film adaptation is most definitely for rednecks or the brain-dead Lifetime market.

PartialMovieViewer I get it – Hollywood hates fathers. Fathers in Hollywood are all stupid – I get that too. Twelve year old girls (or maybe thirteen or fourteen or – who the hell really cares – are so smart and so informed - - - in Hollywood at least). OK….I got that too. I do not want to knock the talent in this movie…it was good. The actors in this flick(a) did an excellent job making the story's points – bravo! Hell, they did such a fine job I ended up despising my parents. Just kidding, I love my mom and dad – God rest their souls. In my opinion, I think this movie is a terrible example of a nice 'family' picture…if anything…it is a prime example of an anti-family film. I could not believe the amount of paternal spite vomiting from the thankless and arrogant brat's pie-hole. I know parent-hating children are popular nowadays, which leads me to my next point. I am not surprised when children (upon reaching a certain age) are kicked out of the family nest. They are often shocked to find that their hands do not leave holes in buckets of water when removed. Yes – that water comes rushing back in to fill the voids. For this reason I was waiting for the Tim McGraw character to boot wicked Katy to the curb. Oh yeah! Wasn't there a horse in this movie somewhere? I got the answer. Glue factory sounds like a plan. Yup, Mean ole me, but parents should never be doormats for rotten offspring. If it were up to me, I would have loaded Katy on the soonest bus out of town, sat on the porch watching until it disappeared and then sold the house and moved. I would definitely want to make sure that useless, greedy, heartless kid was gone, never to return. I swear that Katy-kid acted more like the spawn of Satan, than the child of Rob and Nell McLaughlin. Anyways…as you can guess…this movie does not warrant a '10' from me. I think someone in production, just plain hates their daddy, and, of course, we are supposed to blindly climb on-board the 'I Wish Daddy Was Dead' Express. This was a very difficult movie to watch (even if I actually did hate my parents). The acting, photography and scenery were all very good. But the story…what a hack-job on parenting and family. It was gross. I cannot recommend this to anyone.

amberanderson-anderson02 During the rodeo the thing that bugs me the most is the barrel racing. It's like the movie is trying to make fun of the sport. If they're going to film a barrel race, they need to have someone who knows what they're doing, on a horse that knows what it's doing. In the movie they have a horse that has no idea what its doing with an inexperienced rider. Also, the chute dogging sucked. I know plenty of kids who are only in junior rodeo who can do so much better than what was shown in this movie.Now granted, the rest of the movie was a great recreation, but I still like the original better. They changed the movie here and there, all around it was great. I just wish that they had spent a little bit of money just to get people to come in for the rodeo who have experience in that area. I mean come on, the focus of the movie is about horses. The least they could do is not disrespect people who rodeo for a living.

Violet Weed If you just want to watch a sappy horse story, okay, this movie is one. But if you think you are going to see a movie based on Mary O'Hara's book, you will be sorely disappointed and disgusted. There was absolutely no reason to 'update' the story. Mary O'Hara would 'turn over in her grave' if she'd been forced to watch this travesty. It is not 'true' to the book. It is NOTHING like the book. The original movie "My Friend Flicka" starring Roddy McDowall, Foster Preston, etc. is far far far better a movie.You should rent it, you'll see what I mean. Better yet, actually READ the book, since apparently you did not if you think THIS movie is 'true' to the book.