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Directed By
John Gatins
Written By:
John Gatins
Cast:
Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson, Elisabeth Shue, David Morse, Freddy Rodriguez, Luis Guzmán, Oded Fehr, Ken Howard, Holmes Osborne, Frank Hoyt Taylor
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Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (2005)
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Movie Review by AJ 
April 16th, 2006
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Kurt Russell. Dakota Fanning. A horse. It all screams "Hollywood!" Right now is when I would like to be able to tell you that, despite all the odds, it's actually a very heartwarming, touching, and effective tale about persistence and faith. Only I can't. The main problem--besides Russell's uneven acting and Dakota Fanning's mere presence--is that we barely see the title horse, so we have no connection with the animal at all. Seabiscuit, for all of its flaws (it was...um...kinda...slooow...at points), treated its horse as a real character that meant something. No such luck with Dreamer. All it had was me thinking that Freddy Rodriguez from Six Feet Under was doing the biggest selling-out of his career and that Luis Guzmán from Oz was gonna shank the horse. That was just weirding me out. And, lastly, despite the title, there's absolutely no truth to the film. It's like adding on Inspired by a True Story to Bubba Ho-tep just because Elvis was alive at some point.
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