An average movie

Back in those days, Dakota Fanning was probably the biggest child-star at work. She smoothly transitioned to some more adult work but she hasn’t reached a huge critical success yet but she is still young. Anyway, usually, I’m not a huge fan of those movies (for example, I really didn’t like ‘Flicka’s starring Alison Lohman) and I really didn’t like much ‘Charlotte’s Web’ which had a bigger profile than this movie but, somehow, this one was actually pretty decent. I’m pretty sure I saw this one with my step-daugther when she was around 12 years old. Indeed, those movies are made with this demographic group in mind and I’m not sure someone else would really like a movie like this one (their mothers, maybe). Of course, the story was not really original and the whole thing was still quite predictable but it still remain an uplifting story. At least, whereas Alison Lohman was just way too old to play the lead in ‘Flicka’, Dakota Fanning really fit the part and gave a charming performance. I also had a weak spot for Kurt Russell and he was pretty solid as well. To conclude, even though there are 100s reasons why I shouldn’t like this flick, I thought it was not bad at all and it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10