Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Review: DREAMER: INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY
Just when you thought that underdog horse films were going out of style, along comes DREAMER: INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY. It tells the story of Cale Crane (Dakota Fanning – who has worked with more A list stars than Kevin Bacon), a young girl who after months of begging is allowed to accompany her father (Kurt Russell) to the race track where he works as a horse trainer. There she spots and falls in love with a horse named Sonia, who is hurt in a bad fall. Before the doctor can put the horse under, Cale begs and pleads and her father decides to buy her, which leads to the loss of his job. Well you know what happens next. The horse is given up on by everyone except Cale and eventually she becomes its owner, getting her back into racing shape. Sonia goes on to compete in the Breeder’s cup against her father’s ex-boss (along with a rich Saudi prince) and I don’t need to tell you the ending. Though not as good as SEABISCUIT, DREAMER is an entertaining story for the whole family. Either Fanning is using a very potent anti-aging cream, or she is doing movies at a breakneck pace because she does not appear to be aging at all from one movie to the next!
GRADE: B+
