Product Description

After a terrible accident, Grace retreats into silence & her horse, Pilgrim, is driven mad by pain. Her mother gambles that a healer, a horse whisperer, can heal both Pilgrim and her daughter.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 2-SEP-2003
Media Type: DVD

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3892 in DVD
• Brand: REDFORD,ROBERT
• Released on: 1998-11-10
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English, French
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 169 minutes

Amazon.com
Although it's best viewed on a big theatrical screen to take full advantage of Robert Richardson's breathtaking widescreen cinematography, it seems likely that most people will see this classy romance in the comfort of their own homes. Adapted from the bestseller by Nicholas Evans and directed by Robert Redford, the film did respectable business at the box-office, but it was too sprawling and too soapy to be a bona fide hit. Redford stars as the title character, a Montana rancher named Tom Booker, who possesses the specialized talent of healing traumatized horses through careful and affectionate rehabilitation. He gets his most challenging case when he's sought out by a fast-lane New York magazine editor (Kristin Scott Thomas, in a role modeled after former New Yorker editor Tina Brown) whose daughter (Scarlett Johansson) was injured and traumatized by an accident that nearly killed her favorite horse. When mother, daughter, and horse arrive at Booker's ranch, the big-city editor falls in love with the serene rancher and faces the painful decision of whether to stay in Montana or return to her husband (Sam Neill) in New York. Some may find this to be much ado about nothing, and comparisons to The Bridges of Madison County are inevitable, but Redford's directorial approach offers the kind of graceful stature, tenderness, and intelligence required to elevate the simple story. The film takes all the time it needs to let its characters heal and make their important decisions, and that alone makes it a refreshing alternative to the frantic pace of most big-studio productions. --Jeff Shannon

From The New Yorker
A girl called Grace (Scarlett Johansson) is involved in an accident with her horse, Pilgrim. Both are grievously injured: Grace loses a leg and Pilgrim loses his cool. They are then transported to Montana by Grace's determined mother (Kristin Scott Thomas), to seek out a man named Tom Booker (Robert Redford). "I help horses with people problems," Tom says, although he proves to be equally skilled at rejuvenating married women. The movie was directed by Redford himself, and the script is by Eric Roth and Richard LaGravenese: the latter made "The Bridges of Madison County" fit for human consumption and he and Roth have almost pulled off the same trick with Nicholas Evans's nonsensical novel. The sticking point of the movie is its exorbitant length: two and three-quarter hours does seem like an awful long time to patch up a horse, and a movie that goes straight for your heart should not be allowed to fester. Still, Redford is as careful a director of actors as you will find these days; the sharpest scenes, oddly enough, are those between himself and the prickly Johansson, and there is strong support from Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest. Some viewers may be bemused by the Scott Thomas character, an Englishwoman who cuts a swath through the world of New York magazine publishing. What kind of crazy fantasist dreamed that one up? -Anthony Lane
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

Customer Reviews

The Horse Whisperer
Any movie with Robert Redford in it is good. The scenery in this movie aside from the great acting is beautiful.

For all animal and romance lovers
A Robert Redford movie - what else should be said about it?! You can of course preview what the story is about on other net pages, but for all of you that are already familiar with this genre and other Redford movies this one won't disappoint you. Also for all animal and horse lovers you will get the extra treat - it shows love and the devotion to and from the animal that in my opinion every animal and its owner should possess.

Incredible for nature lovers
Other than an incredible story it has amazing shots of animals and amazing scenarios, i had already been looking for this for years, to tell you the truth i couldnt be happier with the product